# Do you think 'Interesting Times' lie ahead? And what will be the outcome?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 9, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-interesting-times-lie-ahead-and-what-will-be-the-outcome/643473 "2012-12-09T01:33:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-interesting-times-lie-ahead-and-what-will-be-the-outcome/643473/21 "2013-08-24T15:21:57Z")

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> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#):
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> Plus, we still haven’t managed to do much with viruses. I don’t know about your desktop hard drive, but _I_ want an integrated biocomputer that can generate artificial antibodies and kick the hell out of the common cold. We thought we’d unlocked the secret to life by understanding DNA. But it turns out that epigenetics is phenomenally more complicated, and seems to be woven through the way all organisms develop.
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> There is so much more to be discovered.

[http://www.inovio.com/technology/synthetic-vaccines/](http://www.inovio.com/technology/synthetic-vaccines/)

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