Philosophy Wire: Pandora virus, knowledge, non-knowledge...

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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2013-08-27]: A newly discovered virus. A new life form/ type? Called Pandoravirus, due to the series of questions it raised. [1, 2] If every discovery generates multiple questions, then the best way to know "everything" is to know nothing...

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Philosophy Wire: Viruses as tools, viruses as friends…

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-12-17]: Scientists managed to install a “physical pacemaker” into the hear of guinea pigs, by using a virus to inject a specific gene into the heart muscle’s cells. [source: BBC News] A virus used as a tool. Could it be that viruses, which scare us so much, are also used as tools by Nature? Could we be so wrong? Scary…

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Philosophy Wire: The "ecological" extermination of a species...

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-05-27]: The international community is divided on whether to destroy the last specimens of the smallpox virus [source: web news]. Strange... When it comes to butterflies, we spend millions of dollars to save their species. But when it comes to a deadly virus that can kill us, then the "need for ecosystems harmony" goes away and suddently the elimination of a species looks tempting...

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