On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:42 PM, apptech <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:

> "Genetic Engineering" is the second equal greatest potential threat to human
> life. Just like the other threat, it may come to nothing within say the next
> 1000 years, and it may deliver on it's promise. The other threat is
> collision with a suitably large space body. The latter would also, of
> course,  lead to mass extinctions of other species. Whereas GE is capable of
...

I think the single greatest threat is whatever people are most scared of.
Note this is not reversible (most scared of != greatest threat)

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ML
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