Comments on: "Silicon womb" trials to begin in UK http://futurismic.com/2008/02/28/silicon-womb-trials-to-begin-in-uk/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:03:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Paul Raven http://futurismic.com/2008/02/28/silicon-womb-trials-to-begin-in-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-13273 Paul Raven Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:57:43 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2008/02/28/silicon-womb-trials-to-begin-in-uk/#comment-13273 The aphorism in the post is my suggested new form, Tom, but reading it back I didn't make that very clear - your quote of the original is correct. Organic biology is incredibly effective while simultaneously quick and dirty, and makes me wish I'd focused in a different direction at school! The aphorism in the post is my suggested new form, Tom, but reading it back I didn’t make that very clear – your quote of the original is correct.

Organic biology is incredibly effective while simultaneously quick and dirty, and makes me wish I’d focused in a different direction at school!

]]> By: Tom James http://futurismic.com/2008/02/28/silicon-womb-trials-to-begin-in-uk/comment-page-1/#comment-13269 Tom James Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:10:42 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2008/02/28/silicon-womb-trials-to-begin-in-uk/#comment-13269 I always thought the aphorism was "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" - but I guess it comes down to the same thing in this case. I know in his "Profiles of the Future" (Harper and Row, 1962) Clarke points out that organic biology is incredibly "advanced" considering what it accomplishes using relatively poor materials. I always thought the aphorism was “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” – but I guess it comes down to the same thing in this case.

I know in his “Profiles of the Future” (Harper and Row, 1962) Clarke points out that organic biology is incredibly “advanced” considering what it accomplishes using relatively poor materials.

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