Comments on: Glowing mice and fish

By: Prentiss Riddle

Prentiss Riddle — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:19:50 +0000

Looking back, I don’t think I put enough irony markers in that mosquito item. If I don’t trust Monsanto to genetically engineer my food, I sure won’t trust Terminix to genetically engineer my blood. Side effects would be a major concern, as well as the likelihood that mosquitoes (with a zillion times the reproductive cycle of us humans) would just mutate to get around the poison.

By: Prentiss Riddle

Prentiss Riddle — Thu, 31 Jul 2003 01:14:25 +0000

The best idea about genetic engineering and mosquitoes that I’ve heard comes from one of Bruce Sterling’s recent books: genetically engineer people to have blood that’s poisonous to the mosquitoes. Yeah! That could wipe out malaria, dengue and a bunch of other tropical diseases in one swell foop. (Not to mention making Texas a hell of a lot more pleasant in the summertime.)

By: chris

chris — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:58:12 +0000

I’m not advocating the ladder theory, btw. Just so there’s no confusion

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:26:07 +0000

The ladder theory is basically some dumbass dude’s justification to himself that all the women who dumped him were stupid whores, so he can feel better about himself.