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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Mirror bacteria would make a terrible weapon. Totally untargeted

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.

Yeah, you could also try to immunize your own population ahead of time with vaccines or something… but mirror bacteria could also attack all of your crops, the entire ecosystem, etc.