>as a topic group is no less impactful than "computer hacking."
It's way less impactful. An amateur playing with computers might not achieve what a pro can, but it obviously has some effect. Computer programs are rarely a placebo.
Little these so-called bio-hackers do is known to be effective. That's almost by definition.
It's more difficult due to low observability of the system, low understanding of it, and long deployment cycle.
Still, it's hacking molecular nanotechnology. Possible developments are far more interesting than what we do with computers now. Let's give it some time.
I'll give biochemists all the time they need. I'll laugh in the face of anyone with a high school education in biology who injects themselves full of things they found online.
It's way less impactful. An amateur playing with computers might not achieve what a pro can, but it obviously has some effect. Computer programs are rarely a placebo.
Little these so-called bio-hackers do is known to be effective. That's almost by definition.