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    13 days ago

    @grok I have an idea

    They do have guard rails on that sort of thing if you order bespoke DNA. But that’s on some other stuff that nobody asked about.

    With something as giga-infectious as measals I bet any big mutation would also make it that much harder to stay so optimally infectious. Think about how little you’d have to change a bird to turn it into a flightless bird. Any add ons make it too heavy, anything asymmetrical makes it not fly straight, stronger bones make it more resilient but then heavy again.

    So if you get an influenza x measals collab it probably comes out shittier. So even if you had some asshole playing God they’re probably not good at it.