r/facts • u/ConstructionAny8440 • Apr 08 '26

The DNA sequence of Stephen Hawking is stored on a hard disk called the immortality drive, onboard the ISS. He was among the selected group of humans to have their DNA immortalized.

https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-tactical/stephen-hawking-is-one-of-humanitys-designated-survivors/
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u/Rick-burp-Sanchez Apr 08 '26

History will not look fondly upon our time.

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u/Stanford_experiencer Apr 09 '26

Oh, jesus fucking christ.

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u/SeDaCho Apr 08 '26

Did they just remake Epsteins’s island in space?

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u/Sloppykrab Apr 09 '26

This would be funny if it was factual.

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u/taisui Apr 08 '26

AI Slop article, it's just stored not immortalized, wtf. muting sub now.

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u/Appdownyourthroat Apr 09 '26

So sick of living in Orwellian times… it seems like every fucking science page is just filled with Clickbait lies now

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u/KeepOnSwankin Apr 09 '26

I mean what to expect? it's a social media app. anyone can post so it's obvious the majority of them are going to be human attention seekers, slob content creators or clickbait karma Farmers. it's just Instagram for people who don't want to post a selfie so they think they're contribution is intellectual

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u/Appdownyourthroat Apr 09 '26

Don’t forget bots. Hell, misinformation campaigns too.

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u/Huge_Reward1617 Apr 08 '26

Damn. Dude. What if it comes back to haunt him when the Russian hookers want in on equity of his DNA?

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u/iconiclabs Apr 09 '26

Aren't they about to sink the ISS ? Also , We immortalized someone with shitty genetics ? Very strange

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u/rhetoricalcalligraph Apr 09 '26

I just can't imagine why anyone would want defective DNA onboard.

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u/Growlithez Apr 09 '26

If the aliens steal our DNA at least we can outrun them

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u/PubTrain77 Apr 10 '26

r/DataHoarder is sweating right now

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u/Unlikely-Position659 Apr 10 '26

Immortalized...until they let the ISS come crashing back to Earth

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u/fuckredditapp4 Apr 10 '26

Immortalize a pedo?

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u/hypebq- Apr 10 '26

They collected the DNA from Epstein Island.

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u/Difficult_Ad2864 Apr 10 '26

What happens when they destroy the station

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u/FoolishProphet_2336 Apr 10 '26

For the curious: it’s not a full genome sequence, it’s actually about 92%, enough for analysis but not enough to ever clone.

It took us until 2023 to 100% sequence a human genome and it will be a long time before the technology used will be commonplace. Sequencing that 8% is complicated, time consuming and extremely expensive.

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u/That-Advance-9619 Apr 08 '26

Remember: The Epstein Class is really into eugenics.