[DIYbio] Fwd: [biocurious] Synthetic Biology: Threat or Menace?

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From: AlgaeNymph <algaenymph@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [biocurious] Synthetic Biology: Threat or Menace?
To: biocurious@googlegroups.com

On 3/29/12 3:23 PM, Adam Perrotta wrote:

Nevertheless, we should be prepared for when we do find our way into
the crosshairs.

Unfortunately, most pro-tech types prefer political bickering to
public relations.

To paraphrase what I said in response to Al Jazeera's Engineering
human evolution video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXGY2o6GJPA),
enhancement won't inevitably happen when the public thinks it's evil,
which it will when opponents use slick scare tactics, or when
proponents aren't careful about what they say and make us look bad.
Market-based solutions won't work when there's no demand.

The most articulate opponents of H+ go on about how controlling
biology enables evil, proponents need to invalidate those claims with
evidence rather than ideals.

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