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Michael Rosenberg replied to the topic So much engineering, so little biology… in the Conversation Big Ideas 11 years, 10 months ago

Back in the 80’s (?), James Hogan wrote a book called Code of the Lifemaker where he contrives a civilization of robots who undergo evolution through a combination of mutation (errors in code replication), sex […]

Michael Rosenberg replied to the topic Banning Agriculture in the Conversation Big Ideas 11 years, 10 months ago

Don’t know anything about the company, but here’s one trying to do exactly some of these things: https://modernmeadow.com/

Michael Rosenberg started the topic De-extinction: Resurrecting Extinct Species and/or Preserving Biodiversity in the Conversation Big Ideas 11 years, 11 months ago

(I apologize as this ends up rambling a bit across topics)

(Also, I know this has been in the news lately, although I admit to not having read almost any of it. Maybe that makes it timely to consider the […]

Michael Rosenberg started the topic So much engineering, so little biology… in the Conversation Big Ideas 11 years, 11 months ago

Why are the “positive” aspects of science fiction so often restricted to physics and engineering? Or, put another way, why does biology have such a bad rap?

With some exceptions (see: splitting the atom) most […]