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by alephnerd·3h ago·view on hn ↗
The danger is that (to quote Jurassic Park) "life always finds a way", and the risks are massive.

A good example of the risks of mirror chirality is thalidomide - thalidomide has two enantiomers (one that provides sedative and anti-nausea effects and another that causes the infamous thalidomide birth defects) which the human body naturally flip-flops when administered.

The risk to reward ratio is negatively misaligned (edited) when factoring the catastrophic risks and how easy it would be to weaponize (either on purpose or inadvertently).

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No such thing as a too-low risk to reward ratio. That's basically free rewards.