Activity for Count Iblis‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	Changing humans to their mirror image versions to become immune to infectious diseases If we could replace DNA, RNA and the ribosomes in our cells by their mirror image versions, then everything would work in the same way, except that the chirality of all molecules would have been inverted. We may be able to do this in a fertilized egg and use artificial incubators where the growing em... (more)	—	over 4 years ago
Question	—	Can we exterminate all insects by creating insects with an adaptive immune system in the lab? As suggested in this article, the evolution of the adaptive immune system didn't actually give vertebrates a huge benefit, it just led to an escalation of the arms race between vertebrates and pathogens. As a result, we cannot survive without an adaptive immune system anymore. One can then ask what ... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Can spiders be used like spy drones using brain implants using current technology? You can imagine doing surgery on the brains of insects or spiders to implant electronic devices and transmitters so that it becomes a drone and will transmit data. To gain intelligence on a target of interest one could release a large numbers of such spiders nearby and steer them to locations of inte... (more)	—	almost 9 years ago
Question	—	How much would it cost to recreate Doggerland as it existed before 16,000 BC? To expand the territory of the EU, one can consider recreating Doggerland by reclaiming the lost land from the sea: Had our ancestors had more technology, they could have dealt with the sea level rise by building levees and pumping stations so that this land area would not have gone lost to the se... (more)	—	over 9 years ago