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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.19 [SLACK_000233] · slack_pm:msg:00197

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Date
2020-05-10 16:18
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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It is genuinely spooky.

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  1. 2020-05-10 15:41 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Yeah - they keep talking about the Acknowledgements - I mean, do they actually understand what they are? How garbage like this can actually end up in a 'newspaper' these days is beyond me. Concentrated stupidity.
  2. 2020-05-10 16:09 Robert F. Garry open
    I like the idea of stealth pangolins. Maybe add in a little genetic engineering to turn them into a more effectiveweapon? Relatively simple to do if you have the scientific resources of the whole Red Army at your disposal.Substitute the keratin in the scales with spider dragline silk, which is more durable than Kevlar - then load then upwith exotic coronaviruses. We all should just surrender now.
  3. 2020-05-10 16:12 Edward C. Holmes open
    I agree Bob. Did you see that Singapore robodog? I think they missed a brilliant opportunity to use pangolins instead. Not even Black Mirror have thought of that. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/roaming-robodog-tells-singapore-park-goers-to-keep-their-distance-20200509-p54rcs.html
  4. 2020-05-10 16:16 Robert F. Garry open
    Does it have offensive capabilities? Jeez - are we only a few years from sentinels? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel_%28comics%29
  5. 2020-05-10 16:18 Edward C. Holmes
    It is genuinely spooky.
  6. 2020-05-10 16:22 Edward C. Holmes open
    Did you see this paper? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32373995/?dopt=Abstract
  7. 2020-05-10 16:23 Kristian G. Andersen open
    After reading the abstract, I don't think I really need to?
  8. 2020-05-10 16:27 Edward C. Holmes open
    That's as far as I got as well.
  9. 2020-05-10 16:49 Kristian G. Andersen open
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-researcher-peter-daszak-funding-politicization-of-science-warning-202 0-05-08/

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