The most likely scenario by far is that a mirrored bacteria would be outcompeted by other bacteria and killed by achiral defenses due to [examples of ecological factors]
I think this is the crux of the different feelings around this paper. There are a lot of unknowns here. The paper does a good job of acknowledging this and (imo) it justifies a precautionary approach, but I think the breadth of uncertainty is difficult to communicate in e.g. policy briefs or newspaper articles.
I think this is the crux of the different feelings around this paper. There are a lot of unknowns here. The paper does a good job of acknowledging this and (imo) it justifies a precautionary approach, but I think the breadth of uncertainty is difficult to communicate in e.g. policy briefs or newspaper articles.