RE: Scientists create synthetic life.
May 21, 2010 at 2:24 am
(This post was last modified: May 21, 2010 at 2:27 am by The_Flying_Skeptic.)
i think given the fact that they did not create the whole organism from scratch, saying that 'scientists have created life' is inaccurate or misleading. I suggest saying 'created an artificial species' as more accurate. You cannot say that scientists have created life and say that the experiment has nothing to do with abiogenesis (@ adrianhayter).
is that what the research paper said? sure chemical synthesizers have existed for years (doesn't everyone know that?). they bought the sections of DNA from another company (this does not mean that the 'other company' did not synthesize the sections of DNA from scratch).
(May 21, 2010 at 2:22 am)Tiberius Wrote:(May 21, 2010 at 2:16 am)The_Flying_Skeptic Wrote: Is that proof the pieces of DNA they 'bought' were created by artificial means?No, but this is:
"What they did was start from a bunch of chemicals in the lab, and synthesize the genome from scratch."
Chemical synthesizers have existed for years...
is that what the research paper said? sure chemical synthesizers have existed for years (doesn't everyone know that?). they bought the sections of DNA from another company (this does not mean that the 'other company' did not synthesize the sections of DNA from scratch).