fear

Science
Unless compelling evidence emerges that mirror life would not pose extraordinary dangers, we believe that mirror bacteria and other mirror organisms, even those with engineered biocontainment measures, should not be created. We therefore recommend that research with the goal of creating mirror bacteria not be permitted, and that funders make clear that they will not support such work.
I hate it when some little fact about how things work (chirality) turns out to have world-destroying implications.


danah boyd on what the traditional media can learn from the internet: don't feed the trolls.