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roseembolism) wrote2007-11-28 02:39 pm
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[Webcomics] A scary, scary idea
SO, am I the only one who finds <a href="http://www.xkcd.com/">this XKCD</a> terrifying?
I mean, this sort of forced evolution is the sort of thing that's going to eventually lead to language skills, and then inevitably to humans huddling like roaches in the corners of the new post-Singularity world. At least that's what the SF writers keep telling me...
I mean, this sort of forced evolution is the sort of thing that's going to eventually lead to language skills, and then inevitably to humans huddling like roaches in the corners of the new post-Singularity world. At least that's what the SF writers keep telling me...
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And yes, in all seriousness, I'm aware that there are a couple elements missing from the system in the comic to make it a real threat. Though doing something like (for example) periodically taking code elements out of the viruses and randomly assorting them among half the population might go a ways to evolving viruses.
This is actually kind of a follow-up to the last post I did, in that I'm pretty sure this will eventually be used as the background for a movie or novel by a Big Name Author.
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