tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post8536293072304998768..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: How To Be... a Genetic EngineerAndrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-64734513928723401482013-04-25T20:39:05.595-07:002013-04-25T20:39:05.595-07:00Kristen: I don't know if it's a good idea,...Kristen: I don't know if it's a good idea, either, but I can't wait!Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-16044084120691219132013-04-25T18:27:04.056-07:002013-04-25T18:27:04.056-07:00This is a very cool profession, but it can get a b...This is a very cool profession, but it can get a bit scary. Some people are already working on creating Jurassic Park for real! I don't know if that's such a good idea. :)<br /><br />#atozchallenge, Kristen's blog: <a href="http://kristenhead.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">kristenhead.blogspot.com</a>Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08827651632884248765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-62014474789177273892013-04-09T20:19:06.119-07:002013-04-09T20:19:06.119-07:00David: It's a very cool word.David: It's a very cool word.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-25693163032649046222013-04-09T13:01:18.313-07:002013-04-09T13:01:18.313-07:00What an awesome post. You hooked me at "mutag...What an awesome post. You hooked me at "mutagenesis".David T Listhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926089396786215115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-9916962051598427102013-04-09T10:18:00.131-07:002013-04-09T10:18:00.131-07:00Donna: Maybe you'd just need to charge them up...Donna: Maybe you'd just need to charge them up? I don't know...<br /><br />Lee: Man has always played at being God.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-65296022805968675072013-04-08T21:39:06.597-07:002013-04-08T21:39:06.597-07:00A bit like playing God, but God did give us the kn...A bit like playing God, but God did give us the knowledge so maybe if used wisely for the good of all.<br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://afarawayview.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> A Faraway View</a><br />An A to Z Co-host blog<br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-61124668691828453612013-04-08T20:45:04.554-07:002013-04-08T20:45:04.554-07:00If we did engineer a Pikachu, would it eat somethi...If we did engineer a Pikachu, would it eat something we have available? Would it eat like bunny food and now our bunnies would die off? Would we have to genetically engineer a food? And maybe would foxes like it too and stop eating bunnies so we' have too many bunnies now? This could just be such a problem...Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-31958116186493642802013-04-08T18:51:13.883-07:002013-04-08T18:51:13.883-07:00TGE: I will be surprised if they don't.
Brian...TGE: I will be surprised if they don't.<br /><br />Briane: Um... you already read part 5, assuming that review you left for it was in response to having read it. But you should read it again, anyway.<br /><br />I will certainly take a Fortress of Solitude! That would be AWESOME! Are the robots included?<br /><br />Julia: I'm sure he will, even though he no longer has his sights set on that kind of engineering.<br /><br />Jeanne: You know, I bet they are already out there.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-52525055422465171322013-04-08T18:42:00.613-07:002013-04-08T18:42:00.613-07:00In other words, soon enough mad scientists will be...In other words, soon enough mad scientists will be a real thing. I'd love to be a pioneer in that field.J E Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372746219262163566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-82160536033946759962013-04-08T17:37:24.223-07:002013-04-08T17:37:24.223-07:00I hope your son engineers something cool, even if ...I hope your son engineers something cool, even if it is a beautiful piece of art. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519655950073446857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-13921142994414524532013-04-08T17:36:07.070-07:002013-04-08T17:36:07.070-07:00Hey: I thought I'd let you know that I'm r...Hey: I thought I'd let you know that I'm ready to start reading "Shadow Spinner" again. I just downloaded part five, which was where I left off. So if you see sales spike, you know it's because of me and you can then send me kickbacks.<br /><br />Then again you sell like 4,000 copies a month or something. So it'll be hard to tell if there's a sales spike.<br /><br />Also: Mountain lairs are harder to come by. Can I interest you in a Fortress of Solitude? It's prior owner barely ever went there, and it comes complete with a miniature city. Only one key, though, and good luck making a copy.Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-49792489436538409042013-04-08T15:33:08.116-07:002013-04-08T15:33:08.116-07:00I do wonder if people will ever start creating fan...I do wonder if people will ever start creating fantasy creatures, assuming technology reaches that point--and it looks like it will. Some pretty strange stuff could come out of that line.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-41463297298249804402013-04-08T12:59:38.408-07:002013-04-08T12:59:38.408-07:00JKIR,F!: I think it would.
Alex: I think there...JKIR,F!: I think it would.<br /><br />Alex: I think there's less potential for it to go wrong in the broad sense of how people think about genetic engineering. However, in the area of biological weapons and diseases, things could go very wrong.<br /><br />Briane: I don't want an island. I want... like... a mountain! Yeah, a mountain citadel. Do you have one of those?<br /><br />Jo: I think there is huge potential... for good and ill.<br /><br />S.L.: We need the sci-fi warnings of the bad stuff that could happen to keep it from happening.<br /><br />ABftS: We're having trouble adapting them to the cold.<br /><br />TAS: I think genetics is going to take a back seat to nanotech and quantum tech. However, nanotech may be used to do things with genetics.<br /><br />Cassie: I'm sure he will.<br /><br />Michael: You know they've been working on a mammoth for over a decade, right?<br /><br />Rebecca: It is amazing!<br /><br />Rusty: It is. I'm more hoping for warp field technology to mature along with quantum communications.<br /><br />L.G.: It's on my list of books I need to read.<br /><br />Pk: I didn't see that. I will have to go find her post.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-65869473243381802212013-04-08T12:18:25.538-07:002013-04-08T12:18:25.538-07:00It does scare me a bit. Don't like tampering w...It does scare me a bit. Don't like tampering with Mother Nature too much. But I can see how it'd be helpful medically. <br />Hey did you know Marcy Hatch did a post on the same thing today! PK HREZOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11650153097981426833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-41172040317312926232013-04-08T10:54:02.688-07:002013-04-08T10:54:02.688-07:00Have you read The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi ...Have you read The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi yet? Freaky, freaky, freaky. I'm just a little afraid of generic engineering, especially if it gets to be a commercially viable business. Luanne G. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15762881276976395955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-3695837751227379082013-04-08T09:13:43.101-07:002013-04-08T09:13:43.101-07:00It is a scary field. The age of the Chimera will s...It is a scary field. The age of the Chimera will soon be upon us! <br /><br />If it's not, I'm not sure if I'd be disappointed or not. It's a confusing time.Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-43665814849162156962013-04-08T08:27:40.906-07:002013-04-08T08:27:40.906-07:00Genetics is intriguing. Amazing what science can d...Genetics is intriguing. Amazing what science can do. Rebecca Green Gasperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14487755367578898689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-38729047005608582132013-04-08T08:15:15.063-07:002013-04-08T08:15:15.063-07:00I read in National Geographic that they have decid...I read in National Geographic that they have decided to bring a frog back from extinction using cloning. I think that's pretty cool.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-74273381558445704962013-04-08T07:42:32.786-07:002013-04-08T07:42:32.786-07:00Oh, will he make a Charmander too? He was always m...Oh, will he make a Charmander too? He was always my favoriteCassie Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17706774393186819619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-7608384915339019522013-04-08T07:08:15.074-07:002013-04-08T07:08:15.074-07:00Genetics was the one science subject that really t...Genetics was the one science subject that really turned me on in high school. If I could have endured all of the other bio class prereqs, I would definitely have pursued it in college. Now, it seems the place to be - the cutting edge field which, love it or hate it, is going to change the world we live in over the next century plus. The scifi nightmare has come true and there might even be some good in it.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509001761075530940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-86910621842653190952013-04-08T07:00:25.512-07:002013-04-08T07:00:25.512-07:00Wait, Pikachus don't exist? Thanks for complet...Wait, Pikachus don't exist? Thanks for completely ruining that for me. :(A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-44745682296674972232013-04-08T06:10:04.589-07:002013-04-08T06:10:04.589-07:00I'm with Alex on this one. It can go VERY wron...I'm with Alex on this one. It can go VERY wrong. Some awesome sci-fi is based on the idea of it going wrong. Of course, that's fiction. Let's just hope life never imitates it. S. L. Hennessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514651403542719387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-87924434246331818682013-04-08T05:22:26.323-07:002013-04-08T05:22:26.323-07:00LOL Briane, now I know where to buy a lair.
I can...LOL Briane, now I know where to buy a lair.<br /><br />I can see where genetic engineering could go wrong, but its still something that I think is an interesting field to pursue.<br /><br /><br /> <a href="http://henderson-jo.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">JO ON FOOD, MY TRAVELS AND A SCENT OF CHOCOLATE</a><br />Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087140585742801854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-63330495567804605652013-04-08T05:14:42.563-07:002013-04-08T05:14:42.563-07:00I think if you go the independent route, you are f...I think if you go the independent route, you are first required to buy an island lair. So that could get expensive. But you need one. Who can be a mad scientist in a 1 bedroom apartment in the suburbs? Nobody. It's impossible. The tenants association is always complaining about the hybrid rattlesnake-wolf you've left out by the garages, your hordes of cloned minions are camping out on the couch and playing Xbox 360 'til all hours, running up your internet bill, and there's not enough parking for the dinosaurs.<br /><br />Really, a lair pays for itself in the first year. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a fully-licensed Island Lair Realtor who happens to have several good fixer-uppers available. But, since you mention it, can I show you some pics?<br /><br />Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-19368605685277003082013-04-08T04:24:15.416-07:002013-04-08T04:24:15.416-07:00One of those areas where things could go really wr...One of those areas where things could go really wrong.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com