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@DonnerKebab okay show off. Okay starting off with the only exam I did decently on. I don't know if you've ever heard of it but there's a castle in Kenilworth called (you guessed it) Kenilworth castle it was near Warwick and Henry I ordered for it to be built in 1215 to keep an eye on the Duke of Warwick and it was built by Geoffrey de Clinton it is believed to have started off as a classic Norman motte and bailey castle or a stone keep there's not a huge amount of evidence for either as if it were a motte and bailey most of the wood would have rotted away. Long story short it got handed down eventually Simon de Monfort had it the king did not like that the great siege of 1266 (simon de monforts son i believe cut off the messagers hand that delievered the message that the king wanted it back and send the messager back to the king) happend they tried some crazy things like driving boats up the moat and firing cannon balls. Eventually the people inside died of disease and starvation. Also Queen Elizabeth stayed there 3 times

@DonnerKebab did you know there's a type of fungus that take over the brain of ants and "re-programs" them to feed the fungus and as a kid I was terrified it would happen to me 😆

Cutelivejazz wrote: »

@DonnerKebab things happen for a reason as you said no one in the future would suffer

@Cutelivejazz it's little consolation for those that cure's came to late for, but at least no one else will have to suffer loss from those sorts of illness's.

Plus, they are looking at using Crispr to genetically modify mosquito's so they can't carry malaria anymore, or at least the microbe that causes malaria. If they do that, that's 1 million people saved a year.

And for crops, they can use Crispr to make them immune to certain pests (no insecticides needed anymore, the bee's will be happy), more resiliant to droughts, and to have better yields (helping to solve global hunger)

Cutelivejazz wrote: »

@DonnerKebab i think it is Crispr im not the sharpest tool in the shed haha

@Cutelivejazz Yeah, i think so too. And they use it for gene editing. So essentially, they're using it to develop solutions now that solve certain genetic conditions, and as you mentioned, to combat cancer. It's still a fair while of solving things, but it's one of the biggest leaps in terms of science i would say of the last half a century.

@DonnerKebab i think it is Crispr im not the sharpest tool in the shed haha

@DonnerKebab no its haven't id love to hear more about it

Cutelivejazz wrote: »

@DonnerKebab i don't know part of me thinks yes but the other part of me thinks how come we haven't found them if they do exist. The universe is so vast there must be something no? There's also the whole theory that aliens made us and put us on earth which is a whole other theory that I won't get into

@Cutelivejazz i suppose it's the fermi paradox. But interestingly enough, i've heard a fair few theories, like the simulation theory, all of which make sense. I reckon, yes there is life, but no there is not intelligent life that is within reachable distance. Have you ever heard of the theory that life exists in the cloud layer of venus?

@DonnerKebab yes that is very interesting i forgot what it's called now but there's a specific subcellular organism it reads i believe before the ribosome and makes sure there aren't any mutations which I think scientist are looking into it as some sort of cancer drug

@DonnerKebab i don't know part of me thinks yes but the other part of me thinks how come we haven't found them if they do exist. The universe is so vast there must be something no? There's also the whole theory that aliens made us and put us on earth which is a whole other theory that I won't get into