Proposing certain things in terms of dystopia that are not untrue
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Great article. I may try to hunt down some of those books. The idea of "mirror humans" is very intriguing.
posted by Kitty Stardust at 8:47 AM on July 2, 2015
posted by Kitty Stardust at 8:47 AM on July 2, 2015
He devotes a great deal of space to arguing for the creation of “mirror humans” — people made of molecules that are the mirror image of ours — who would be “immune to viruses and other pathogens.” They would also be “unable to digest foods by means of normal enzymes,” but no biggie: we would simply “need to develop, cultivate, and mass-produce a whole range of mirror foodstuffs.”
Reverse chirality people? How is that not the worst idea ever? You want to eat corn? No, you can't do that. You'll need to eat mirror-corn(tm) or you'll literally starve to death.
Also, chirality may not just be a fluke, but may be a result of the asymmetrical breakdown of amino acids found in star forming regions exposed to polarized light.
posted by leotrotsky at 8:59 AM on July 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
Reverse chirality people? How is that not the worst idea ever? You want to eat corn? No, you can't do that. You'll need to eat mirror-corn(tm) or you'll literally starve to death.
Also, chirality may not just be a fluke, but may be a result of the asymmetrical breakdown of amino acids found in star forming regions exposed to polarized light.
posted by leotrotsky at 8:59 AM on July 2, 2015 [1 favorite]
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posted by leotrotsky at 9:09 AM on July 2, 2015 [4 favorites]
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Reverse chirality people? How is that not the worst idea ever? You want to eat corn? No, you can't do that. You'll need to eat mirror-corn(tm) or you'll literally starve to death.
Yes, "mirror humans" sounds cool from a philosophical standpoint, but once you actually understand chirality and the role it plays in basic biochemical functions it is basically the worst idea ever.
posted by Anonymous at 10:19 AM on July 2, 2015
Yes, "mirror humans" sounds cool from a philosophical standpoint, but once you actually understand chirality and the role it plays in basic biochemical functions it is basically the worst idea ever.
posted by Anonymous at 10:19 AM on July 2, 2015
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