Comments on: The art of interference http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/ The Flowfield Unity Webcomic Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:40:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/227e7941512983b.png" alt="Adam Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Adam http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4618 Adam Identicon Icon Adam Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:46:46 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4618 Roo's not wrong, you could probably get everything you need to do it for under <a href="http://www.fisher.co.uk/whats_new/offers/lifescience/pcr.php" rel="nofollow">a few hundred dollars,</a> probably less if you are willing to improvise for the sake of cost... It even comes with an instruction booklet (glad my degree can be reduced to a 'booklet'). Roo’s not wrong, you could probably get everything you need to do it for under a few hundred dollars, probably less if you are willing to improvise for the sake of cost… It even comes with an instruction booklet (glad my degree can be reduced to a ‘booklet’).

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/0c4ee010dda8bcd.png" alt="Roo Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Roo http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4616 Roo Identicon Icon Roo Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:08:16 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4616 You know, it's actually already possible to replicate DNA (relatively) cheaply. The expensive part is doing anything with it. The advent of PCR technology changed a lot of things. You know, it’s actually already possible to replicate DNA (relatively) cheaply. The expensive part is doing anything with it. The advent of PCR technology changed a lot of things.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/6c92e297203ab1f.png" alt="Alexeon Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Alexeon http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4594 Alexeon Identicon Icon Alexeon Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:30:51 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4594 @Ben, regarding your concerns about being cloned, I have the same thoughts. If I am cloned, Id cause an ego-black hole. It would not be pretty. People's heads would explode. There is only so much room for awesomeness and it all taken up by already existing people. @Ben, regarding your concerns about being cloned, I have the same thoughts. If I am cloned, Id cause an ego-black hole. It would not be pretty. People’s heads would explode. There is only so much room for awesomeness and it all taken up by already existing people.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/6c92e297203ab1f.png" alt="Alexeon Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Alexeon http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4592 Alexeon Identicon Icon Alexeon Fri, 14 Mar 2008 07:26:27 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4592 Speaking in a completely serious way, there will have to be some sort of legal protection for our DNA. It might be something along the line of the copyright used for computer code (hehe, line, code... pun intended) because it may eventually, pretty soon, be possible to replicate DNA relatively cheaply. Speaking in a completely serious way, there will have to be some sort of legal protection for our DNA. It might be something along the line of the copyright used for computer code (hehe, line, code… pun intended) because it may eventually, pretty soon, be possible to replicate DNA relatively cheaply.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/6a881c366f83d4e.png" alt="tia Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> tia http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4559 tia Identicon Icon tia Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:52:13 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4559 that would be awesome that would be awesome

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/6a881c366f83d4e.png" alt="tia Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> tia http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4558 tia Identicon Icon tia Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:51:26 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4558 it's very fascinating but i suppose i was kind of searching for something like a soul. the idea that we're driven solely by the chance we were born where and to whom we were born is icky it’s very fascinating
but i suppose i was kind of searching for something like a soul. the idea that we’re driven solely by the chance we were born where and to whom we were born is icky

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/0c4ee010dda8bcd.png" alt="Roo Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Roo http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4548 Roo Identicon Icon Roo Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:54:32 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4548 Epigenetics are actually one of the most fascinating things in cellular and molecular biology. Did you know that there was a whole generation of children born in Denmark after WWII that had wacky, bizarre congenital diseases, never seen before? The only common factor was that all of their mothers had been pregnant with them at the time of some bombing or other, in a really stressful situation. Epigenetic silencing of certain genes, in responce to the stress-environment, is what caused the diseases! But I still think of that as environment, or heredity. I mean, you can never have JUST nature or JUST nurture causing a particular trait: it's <em>always</em> going to be a mixture of the two, an interaction of the two. Epigenetics are actually one of the most fascinating things in cellular and molecular biology. Did you know that there was a whole generation of children born in Denmark after WWII that had wacky, bizarre congenital diseases, never seen before? The only common factor was that all of their mothers had been pregnant with them at the time of some bombing or other, in a really stressful situation. Epigenetic silencing of certain genes, in responce to the stress-environment, is what caused the diseases! But I still think of that as environment, or heredity. I mean, you can never have JUST nature or JUST nurture causing a particular trait: it’s always going to be a mixture of the two, an interaction of the two.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/6a881c366f83d4e.png" alt="tia Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> tia http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4543 tia Identicon Icon tia Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:28:55 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4543 oh, aw, damn oh, aw, damn

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/15b4eafbf0eb611.png" alt="The Great Joe Bivins Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> The Great Joe Bivins http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4531 The Great Joe Bivins Identicon Icon The Great Joe Bivins Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:05:16 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4531 That's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics" rel="nofollow">Epigenetics.</a> I saw it on Nova. (Same place I heard about Emergent Complexity.) That’s Epigenetics. I saw it on Nova. (Same place I heard about Emergent Complexity.)

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/6a881c366f83d4e.png" alt="tia Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> tia http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4527 tia Identicon Icon tia Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:48:43 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4527 i'm not exactly sure what, but i've never encountered a pair of twins with the exact same personality or tastes (maybe it's just sheer force of will?) i’m not exactly sure what, but i’ve never encountered a pair of twins with the exact same personality or tastes (maybe it’s just sheer force of will?)

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/aa68cf0fe4f33ff.png" alt="Joseph Hewitt Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Joseph Hewitt http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4525 Joseph Hewitt Identicon Icon Joseph Hewitt Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:25:56 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4525 <em>Wait… like what? I’ve always thought of the two sides of nature-vs-nurture as rather all encompassing. What falls outside of them? </em>Oprah. Wait… like what? I’ve always thought of the two sides of nature-vs-nurture as rather all encompassing. What falls outside of them?

Oprah.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/99103f79b285325.png" alt="Seraphine Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Seraphine http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4524 Seraphine Identicon Icon Seraphine Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:18:16 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4524 gaa, if my parents owned my "copyrighted parts" they would have sold them long ago to the highest bidder. in fact, they would have been glad to give them away. gaa, if my parents owned my "copyrighted parts" they would have sold them long ago to the highest bidder. in fact, they would have been glad to give them away.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/a744f2cf790b016.png" alt="brahnamin Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> brahnamin http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4522 brahnamin Identicon Icon brahnamin Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:39:10 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4522 R.O.T.F.L.M.M.F.A.O Sorry, as an ex-con that one was kinda extra-funny. And slightly depressing, having not thought to do so myself back in the day. R.O.T.F.L.M.M.F.A.O

Sorry, as an ex-con that one was kinda extra-funny.

And slightly depressing, having not thought to do so myself back in the day.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/89ea21ebbf296ea.png" alt="ambroziak Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> ambroziak http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4521 ambroziak Identicon Icon ambroziak Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:06:49 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4521 Russell Crowe/Paris Hilton ... if he didn't kill you with a swift blow of a telephone to the back of the head, she'd kill you with stupid. Russell Crowe/Paris Hilton … if he didn’t kill you with a swift blow of a telephone to the back of the head, she’d kill you with stupid.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/0c4ee010dda8bcd.png" alt="Roo Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Roo http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4520 Roo Identicon Icon Roo Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:49:44 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4520 Wait... like what? I've always thought of the two sides of nature-vs-nurture as rather all encompassing. What falls outside of them? Wait… like what? I’ve always thought of the two sides of nature-vs-nurture as rather all encompassing. What falls outside of them?

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/6a881c366f83d4e.png" alt="tia Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> tia http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4519 tia Identicon Icon tia Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:40:01 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4519 i think there are more factors than nature and nurture i think there are more factors than nature and nurture

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/227e7941512983b.png" alt="Adam Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Adam http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4518 Adam Identicon Icon Adam Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:50:39 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4518 Good but may have a tendancy to try to lead the masses instead of focussing on the destruction at hand. Good but may have a tendancy to try to lead the masses instead of focussing on the destruction at hand.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/227e7941512983b.png" alt="Adam Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Adam http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4517 Adam Identicon Icon Adam Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:48:42 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4517 All problems are solved if you have no enemies... except for what to watch on television, that problem will persist until we're all gone. All problems are solved if you have no enemies… except for what to watch on television, that problem will persist until we’re all gone.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/0c4ee010dda8bcd.png" alt="Roo Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Roo http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4516 Roo Identicon Icon Roo Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:24:11 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4516 ...<em>we have latched upon DNA as the mystical source of personal individuality</em>... I read a book recently that had this as one of the central theses, actually. It was actually not a very good book, and I forget the title. He'd written it in a way that was confusing to non-biologists, with a bit of a sensationalist tone, so that this one fellow I know read it and came to believe that genes didn't exist at all: nurture wins out huge! Which is in no way what the book was trying to convey, it just shows how poorly written it was. But the thesis was good. …we have latched upon DNA as the mystical source of personal individuality…

I read a book recently that had this as one of the central theses, actually. It was actually not a very good book, and I forget the title. He’d written it in a way that was confusing to non-biologists, with a bit of a sensationalist tone, so that this one fellow I know read it and came to believe that genes didn’t exist at all: nurture wins out huge! Which is in no way what the book was trying to convey, it just shows how poorly written it was.

But the thesis was good.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/0c4ee010dda8bcd.png" alt="Roo Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Roo http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4515 Roo Identicon Icon Roo Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:21:03 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4515 How about Schwarzenegger/Jesus? "I'll be <em>back</em>!" How about Schwarzenegger/Jesus?

"I’ll be back!"

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/b70bc402b193760.png" alt="Flak Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Flak http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4514 Flak Identicon Icon Flak Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:13:54 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4514 Isn't the problem solved if you have no enemies? :) Isn’t the problem solved if you have no enemies? :)

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/227e7941512983b.png" alt="Adam Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Adam http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4509 Adam Identicon Icon Adam Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:01:44 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4509 Doh! I missed a very good documentary abot Mr Hawking on the BBC last night... despite leaving myself several reminders. I could make a terrible joke about the mobile division, but I think I'm going to avoid it... just. From what I've heard, you just can't go wrong with a Norris hybrid either. Doh! I missed a very good documentary abot Mr Hawking on the BBC last night… despite leaving myself several reminders.

I could make a terrible joke about the mobile division, but I think I’m going to avoid it… just.

From what I’ve heard, you just can’t go wrong with a Norris hybrid either.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/227e7941512983b.png" alt="Adam Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Adam http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4508 Adam Identicon Icon Adam Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:57:50 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4508 i wouldn't want to be the person trying to control one Tesla/Oppenheimer hybrid, let alone a squadron of them... like herding positively charged cats. i wouldn’t want to be the person trying to control one Tesla/Oppenheimer hybrid, let alone a squadron of them… like herding positively charged cats.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/12d97cd09807e60.png" alt="Philippa Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Philippa http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4507 Philippa Identicon Icon Philippa Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:49:04 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4507 I physically snorted at the image itself.  Very amusing. :) Stephen Hawking/Chuck Norris/Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones style, obviously). Brains and arse kicking. With a little bit of sexy on the side. I might have to fiddle with the ratio a bit, though. Not a complete three way split, you see. I physically snorted at the image itself.  Very amusing. :)

Stephen Hawking/Chuck Norris/Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones style, obviously).
Brains and arse kicking. With a little bit of sexy on the side. I might have to fiddle with the ratio a bit, though. Not a complete three way split, you see.

]]> By: <img class="identicon" src="http://theflowfieldunity.com/wp-content/plugins/identicon/06c486e720cbc5d.png" alt="Ben Identicon Icon" height="35" width="35" /> Ben http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4504 Ben Identicon Icon Ben Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:13:52 +0000 http://theflowfieldunity.com/2008/03/10/322/#comment-4504 If I was cloned, the world would explode under the shear pressure that my greatness would exert. Can you imagine how great, how far to great, your life would be if there was another me? My massive ego would black out the sun and the stars. Seriously, this question raises the "nature, nuture" debate. I go 50/50 either way, but I'm often amused by ppl's justifications either way. Hmmm, celebrity mixed clones? Sun Tzu and Scarlett Johansson. Sex, Strategy, Wisdom and Sex. I'd make sure I was on the losing side. I'd be at the front line, waving a king sized white sheet around. Assuming we get the Scarlett looks and features. If I was cloned, the world would explode under the shear pressure that my greatness would exert.
Can you imagine how great, how far to great, your life would be if there was another me?
My massive ego would black out the sun and the stars.

Seriously, this question raises the "nature, nuture" debate.
I go 50/50 either way, but I’m often amused by ppl’s justifications either way.

Hmmm, celebrity mixed clones?
Sun Tzu and Scarlett Johansson.
Sex, Strategy, Wisdom and Sex.
I’d make sure I was on the losing side. I’d be at the front line, waving a king sized white sheet around.
Assuming we get the Scarlett looks and features.

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