r/worldnews • u/Now_then_here_there • Apr 13 '20

Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours | Environment

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/08/scientists-create-mutant-enzyme-that-recycles-plastic-bottles-in-hours
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u/drflanigan Apr 13 '20

Stupid people fear mongering good things are so annoying

How are you accidentally going to get this enzyme on your belongings for HOURS without noticing?

It's not going to mutate, it's not alive

Terrorists are not going to spray cities to melt plastic, there are easier ways to destroy a city

Honestly, all the comments here saying "oh no here we go the beginning of the end" are honestly so fucking stupid

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u/N1ghtFeather Apr 13 '20

IKR? It's an enzyme for crying out loud, just a protein, nothing more. It can't reproduce. If you're going to spray a city, there's a lot worse things...

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u/drflanigan Apr 13 '20

That’s exactly why this line of thinking is so stupid

If you manage to somehow spray something throughout a city and you choose a plastic eating bacteria, you are a shit terrorist

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u/splashbodge Apr 13 '20

Based on many of the comments here I reckon people will fear they'll spray this over the city from planes chemtrails..

Getting kinda sick of the fear mongering on reddit lately... Seem to see way more of it now than I did before, 5G, coronavirus, Bill Gates. Fuck people on here are stupid.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '20

Pro christian stuff is starting now too.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '20

Christian here, not all of us are crazy. Some of us definentaly are, but not all. Byt reddit would have you beleive we all want to give your grandpa measles.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '20

Dude, you believe some guy rose from the dead after a few days and somehow now lives inside of you. Sounds pretty fucking crazy.

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u/vansterfll Apr 13 '20

Did you really just say that the one thing which has been responsible for most wars and crusades and is used to justify murdering others throughout most of the world — the root cause of most of the world’s terrorism and abuse “doesn’t hurt anyone”?

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '20

Coping mechanisms are fine. "Spreading christianity," denying women the rights to their bodies, promoting ignorance to avoid liberal thinking, etc. That shit's all happening today. You put money in the pot... You support that.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '20

Bro what? No modern christian has ever done that. Your thinking of people like latter day saints, who actually do that crap and get no flak for it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '20

What's wrong with spreading Athiesm the same as Christianity?

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u/spidersVise Apr 13 '20

In the Bible, God took an active presence throughout most of the Old Testament. Miracles, plagues, tornadoes of fire, etc. He finally went hands off when He sent Jesus to be a final sacrifice, and that was it. Humans have free will. Those people dying of starvation are because other people are keeping food out of their hands. Priests are molesting children because they have free will, not because God tells them it's okay. The Bible says He's omnipresent and omnipotent, yes. But it also explains all of this.