Today, Business Week reported that Craig Venter is on the on
the brink of creating artificial life (AL.) The news was
broken in a Business journal, not through a science journal
or science news and information site. That speaks for itself.
Craig Venter says success is near, but critics blast efforts to
patent synthetic organisms.
This is a turning point in human history. It will be debated
passionately for a long time whether or not this is a
breakthrough or a breakdown of in our society.
The organism created is a synthetic bacteria. The US
originally denied the patenting of life on principle, but
the US Patent Office is expected to eventually give a
patent for this bacteria. The deal maker was giving it
the description of "synthesized life."
Intelligent Civilians already understand that
entering into the world of creation of completely new living
organisms in a laboratory for proprietary purposes is not
an endeavor to be undertaken by man.
Mankind will reap many consequences from this development,
many of which will never be truthfully reported to the
public.
This is a dark day in human history. There is little to
say that will make any difference now, except "No."
