Re: SOC/ECON: Critique of the anti-globalists

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Fri Jun 29 2001 - 09:32:23 MDT

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"Alex F. Bokov" wrote:
>
> Well, if I may nitpick, a virus that infects multiple species
> could theoretically transfer functioning genetic material from
> one to another. The likelihood of that happening, especially with
> genes that humans happen to find useful, is pretty low I'll grant
> you that.

OH NO! PESTICIDE-RESISTANT HUMANS!

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