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Debate: Artificial life
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- Argument: Man-made life poses unimaginable risks
- Argument: More good synthetic biologists can outwit malevolent ones
- Argument: Artificial life holds major benefits for humanity
- Argument: Synthetic organisms unlikely to survive out of lab
- Argument: Man can't create life, only manipulate it
- Debate: Artificial insemination
- Debate: Artificial turf fields
- Argument: Artificial life risky if released into environment
- Argument: Artificial life rightly questions concept of soul
- Argument: Synthetic biology rightly refutes "divinity of life"
- Argument: Humanity always "played God"; synthetic life no different
- Argument: Synthetic life is part of "God's creativity"
- Argument: Risks of artificial life could outweigh benefits
- Argument: General statements in favor of artificial life
- Debate: Synthetic life patents
- Argument: Synthetic organisms no greater risk than natural ones
- Argument: Humans wouldn't have to "play God" if God wasn't so unfair
- Argument: Remote risks should not hold-up synthetic life
- Argument: Man-made life plays God and nature
- Argument: Synthetic life driven by profits more than benefits to humanity
- Argument: Synthetic life needs regulation, but should be allowed
- Argument: Any scientific advance can be abused; synthetic life no different
- Argument: Synthetic life will result in an artificial race amidst us
- Argument: Allowing umpires to blow calls/games is a bad tradition
- Argument: Synthetic biology can help fight climate change and pollution
- Argument: Artificial life can be tailored for specific needs
- Argument: Potential benefits of synthetic life far outweigh risks
- Argument: Threat of bio-terrorism is no greater than natural threats
- Argument: Artificial life presents risk of bioterrorism
- Argument: Artificial life worsens specter of biological war
- Argument: Artificial life is a profound symbol of man's mastery over nature
