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txrx0000today at 7:51 PM1 replyview on HN

Why assume that mirror life will somehow have a magical advantage over normal life and take over the world? If being opposite is what makes it exceptionally dangerous, then normal life would also be very dangerous to mirror life. The entire biosphere would be hostile to mirror life. Whatever mirror organism you synthesize probably already has countless natural predators and biological processes that interfere with every stage of its lifecycle.


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throwawayk7htoday at 8:04 PM

this is true until you look at different trophic levels. Single-celled mirror life bacteria would be deadly to larger creatures.