VictorMedvil 307 Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) This is a warning to all that would work with Nanotechnology about the grey goo scenario "Ecophagy or Ecocide" , meaning the consumption of the environment, It has been experimentally shown that invasive species in nature can greatly effect and displace other species that are less evolved for survival. The same is true if you use Hostile Nano-Machines which can displace harmless less hostile Nano-machines which naturally occur such as harmless or weaker bacteria and viruses. The Threat of Grey goo is a major one with nanotechnology and could be more a problem in the future which is why proper Bio-containment/Nano-containment protocols should be maintained at all times when working with Nano-technological devices and Biological Vectors. The problem of ecocide is not a new one as sometimes invasive species kill the species in a area like Hawaiian native plants are displaced by foreign plants which via natural selection are deemed weaker in that environment being isolated to a small island. The same is true if you use something that is highly evolved to survive like a Synthetic Biological weapon or Nano-technological Weapon it would greatly displace the natural micro-organisms and could spark hostile evolution of them making them more invasive to plants and animals, let this be a warning about Ecocide and Ecophagy to anyone that may create a Invasive species of Nano-machine. Worst case scenario is you kill everything on the planet by accident besides your Nano-machine, remember that and be careful when working with self-replicating devices. Edited February 6, 2019 by VictorMedvil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VictorMedvil 307 Posted July 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) The Dark Prophecy of Coronavirus! You said I was mad but I told you! Edited July 30, 2020 by VictorMedvil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Racoon 75,867 Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 Interesting.... self replicating nano devices.. unlike those pesky little black ants that storm the kitchen during summer that I can just poison... My only posit is would they be able to forage the organic materials sufficiently?and how would the conversion of resources to reproduction occur?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VictorMedvil 307 Posted August 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) Interesting.... self replicating nano devices.. unlike those pesky little black ants that storm the kitchen during summer that I can just poison... My only posit is would they be able to forage the organic materials sufficiently?and how would the conversion of resources to reproduction occur?? Well for Non-organic nano-machines, it would be a element on the design process, basically however chemistry allows such as in the (http://www.scienceforums.com/topic/34375-nano-factories-discuss/) thread is a design for a self replicating machine. However it depends on the organic structure you design it based on it could act like a virus and hijack the self replicating processes and metabolism from another organism making proteins that propagate it. This thread applies to any self replicating nano device that could be natural,synthetic, or artificial that has the ability to displace species by overcoming their defenses against it. That's why it is the Dark Prophecy of COVID19 because it falls under that category whether it be synthetic or natural. For Dramatic Effect: The Animatrix Operation Dark Storm Edited August 8, 2020 by VictorMedvil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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