• rami@ani.social
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    2 months ago

    I think Peter Watts would like to have a word.

    That is a terrifying proposition. I understand that mirrored molecules usually behave very differently but would bacteria and such actually be immune to our current defenses? I imagine this like alcohol and other disinfectants would still kill things like that right?

    • Kairos@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      They wouldn’t get anything useful from our orientation of molecules

      My guess is that this is some sort of scam. Reverse life hasn’t happened in the last few billion years it won’t happen anytime soon.