Re: Scientists Find Smallest Form of Life, if It Lives

From: Mongoose Paraphernalia (mmb@best.com)
Date: Wed Jan 19 2000 - 18:50:18 MST


Again with the "worry" word. Oy! All I can say is, the guys (meant
nonsexistically) doing the work are surprised at how fast the stuff is
growing under the microscope. And that gives me cause to wonder. Nothing
more, nothing less.

On 19 Jan 2000, Anders Sandberg wrote:

> "Michael M. Butler" <butler@comp-lib.org> writes:
>
> > And we ask the question: Are they doing this work in a Category IV
> > facility? Echo answers mournfully.
>
> Since the Earth itself is not a Cat IV facility and there has been
> many hundreds of millions of years for the nanomicrobes to get to the
> surface due to faulting, caves, deep springs and oil from oil wells,
> I'm not worried.
>
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> Anders Sandberg Towards Ascension!
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