But that's just it. We are all made from green goo. Viruses, bacteria, plant cells, human cells - they're all just a variation of this. Fluctuations that exist because the green goo isn't too stable over time.
Now, if you introduce a completely different type of goo, that happens to outcompete the green goo, the effect might just be total replacement of the green with grey. And who knows, maybe in a million years, that grey goo will evolve into a rich ecology, eventually giving rise to a sentient species. But from where I sit, I don't like the part where green is eaten by grey.
Now, if you introduce a completely different type of goo, that happens to outcompete the green goo, the effect might just be total replacement of the green with grey. And who knows, maybe in a million years, that grey goo will evolve into a rich ecology, eventually giving rise to a sentient species. But from where I sit, I don't like the part where green is eaten by grey.