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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman
Rather, it was the legitimate question of why can't we yet be Frankenstein, creating life in the lab? Perhaps billions of years are necessary for random lifelikeness to arise ... but why should it take that long if purpose is behind it?
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You ARE aware that you can mail-order synthetic strands of DNA, of any sequence you'd like, right? And that scientists have already created a virus from said synthetic DNA?