Philosophy
Is it possible that deadly viruses are part of an evolutionary characteristic to control a species?
Yes...3
No...3
An answer to this may never be known but it is interesting to contemplate: Viruses that kill [the very young, the very old, the very ill] as part of evolution...and the elimination or control of such virus may unbalance nature. It may even promote virus that can swiftly mutate to fend off mankind's attempt of eradication. Kind of humbling.
- Stuxnet: Anatomy Of A Computer Virus
No, it's Stuxnet, not Skynet... and you may have more reason to fear the former than the latter, at least if your name is not John Connor... Stuxnet seems to be the first super weapon made entirely out of code. Unlike conventional weapons, it doesn't...
- Why Do Viruses Kill?
You've gotten the quick intro to how viruses invade our bodies before (with Robert Krulwich, no less), but today we get the full BBC treatment, so to speak. Viruses are way more ubiquitous than we normally realize, and although they have a bad reputation...
- How Viruses Invade Our Bodies
We may hate viruses for all the nasty things they can do to our bodies--I certainly do. For all their virulence, however, viruses are brilliant pieces of machinery if we think about them from a molecular and genetic point of view. First of all, viruses...
- A Real "ethical" Dilemma Concerning The Smallpox Virus
"Should We Destroy the Last of the World's Smallpox Virus?" by Amie Ninh May 18th, 2011 Time Global health officials at the World Health Conference in Geneva will decide this week whether to preserve or destroy the last known stockpiles of smallpox...
- "h1n1 Virus" Poll
Has the media over emphasized the threat of the H1N1 virus? Yes...4 No...0 "Dead pigs in China, evil factory farms in Mexico and an Al Qaeda plot involving Mexican drug cartels are a few wild theories seeking to explain a deadly swine flu outbreak that...
Philosophy
"Virus and evolution" poll
Is it possible that deadly viruses are part of an evolutionary characteristic to control a species?
Yes...3
No...3
An answer to this may never be known but it is interesting to contemplate: Viruses that kill [the very young, the very old, the very ill] as part of evolution...and the elimination or control of such virus may unbalance nature. It may even promote virus that can swiftly mutate to fend off mankind's attempt of eradication. Kind of humbling.
- Stuxnet: Anatomy Of A Computer Virus
No, it's Stuxnet, not Skynet... and you may have more reason to fear the former than the latter, at least if your name is not John Connor... Stuxnet seems to be the first super weapon made entirely out of code. Unlike conventional weapons, it doesn't...
- Why Do Viruses Kill?
You've gotten the quick intro to how viruses invade our bodies before (with Robert Krulwich, no less), but today we get the full BBC treatment, so to speak. Viruses are way more ubiquitous than we normally realize, and although they have a bad reputation...
- How Viruses Invade Our Bodies
We may hate viruses for all the nasty things they can do to our bodies--I certainly do. For all their virulence, however, viruses are brilliant pieces of machinery if we think about them from a molecular and genetic point of view. First of all, viruses...
- A Real "ethical" Dilemma Concerning The Smallpox Virus
"Should We Destroy the Last of the World's Smallpox Virus?" by Amie Ninh May 18th, 2011 Time Global health officials at the World Health Conference in Geneva will decide this week whether to preserve or destroy the last known stockpiles of smallpox...
- "h1n1 Virus" Poll
Has the media over emphasized the threat of the H1N1 virus? Yes...4 No...0 "Dead pigs in China, evil factory farms in Mexico and an Al Qaeda plot involving Mexican drug cartels are a few wild theories seeking to explain a deadly swine flu outbreak that...