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Opinion | World War III Will Be Fought With Viruses - WSJ (www.wsj.com)

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A two-front biological and cyber attack could lead to a U.S. defeat before we know what hit us.

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[–] Candelestine@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Missing the bigger point, as usual. If dna editing continues to come down in cost as our techniques refine, and its already something random douchebags can do in their garages, what makes anyone think a government needs to be the one responsible for fucking around and accidentally making a superplague?

[–] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Candelestine kurzgesagt posted a pretty good video discussing this, too. Video

[–] sik0fewl@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Ya, that video was a little bit terrifying.