In order for me to understand how much of a breakthrough this is let me pose my question in the form of a thought experiment:
Imagine we had a sophisticated group of scientists leave earth and colonize another planet somewhere lightyears away.
Now after they leave imagine that a new bacterial cell is found on earth that has massive benefits for humanity.
Would it be possible to send to the colonists all the information necessary to reconstruct this beneficial bacteria from scratch?
In other words, could you effectively turn the entire bacteria into pure information, broadcast it across space and reconstruct the bacteria at some remote destination?
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In order for me to understand how much of a breakthrough this is let me pose my question in the form of a thought experiment:
Imagine we had a sophisticated group of scientists leave earth and colonize another planet somewhere lightyears away.
Now after they leave imagine that a new bacterial cell is found on earth that has massive benefits for humanity.
Would it be possible to send to the colonists all the information necessary to reconstruct this beneficial bacteria from scratch?
In other words, could you effectively turn the entire bacteria into pure information, broadcast it across space and reconstruct the bacteria at some remote destination?
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