A new Science article voices concern about a line of research which, if successful, could create a grave threat to humanity and most life on Earth.

Fortunately, the threat is distant, and avoidable—if we have common knowledge of it:

A new Science article voices concern about a line of research which, if successful, could create a grave threat to humanity and most life on Earth.

Fortunately, the threat is distant, and avoidable—if we have common knowledge of it:

https://newsletter.rootsofprogress.org/p/biological-risk-from-the-mirror-world

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Terrifiyingly interesting. Could be Ragnarok, could be the Y2K of microbiology.

I imagine if humans do find a way to build mirror bioweapons in the future, they'll go the way of nuclear stockpiles; nations will hold on to them "just in case", but won't have the balls to actually use them.

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Unless they engineered the bacteria in a way to target people with specific genes; could be potentially useful if one wants to commit mass enthicide.

Of course I know little about how genetic engineering works with microbiology, so I'm probably just talking out the ass here.

Mirror bacteria would make a terrible weapon. Totally untargeted