But at the same time, the security world is one of constant and evolving danger — so the sooner a better option is adopted, the better.
We talk to experts about how an artificial brain could evolve, the dangers that come with military applications, and the possibility of programming our own extinction.
"Mr. DeVillena created a rapidly evolving and dangerous situation that placed both officers' lives in danger," Desmond said.
The faults we must overcome for our own security lie not with exotic perils from distant stars, but with dangers evolving right here at home.
But we see the adventurer and historian begin to evolve, courting danger in battle and then writing its history.
His words could be applied to the dangers of evolving any cuisine past the point where it becomes something else entirely.
"We meet at a crucial moment in the history of our alliance, and we face new dangers and evolving threats, and it's absolutely clear that NATO is as vital to our future as it has been to our past.
But we must take seriously our biological need to be challenged, or face the danger of evolving into creatures whose lives are more productive but also less satisfying.
Many behavioral problems associated with toxic stress, for example, come across as ADHD but are caused by the chronically elevated inflammatory, or human "fight-or-flight," response that originally evolved for surviving dangers like encountering a bear in the forest, but that stressed children live with constantly, she said.
Diarrhea and vomiting, though unpleasant, also serve as defenses, evolving as ways to evade danger, and thus to preserve fitness.
