Members MsGuy Posted December 31, 2009 Members Posted December 31, 2009 My initial reaction to this new technology was hope that it might prove to be the long awaited cure for HIV infection (and whatever else might ail us). Then I got to thinking. Folks, we have just sleepwalked across the Rubicon into the era of post-human and nobody's even talking about it. We now have a practical technical means to edit/alter/rewrite the human genome in precise detail, a biological equivilent of cut and paste. Anyone who thinks we can ring-fence this technolgy with a few laws passed by Congress is living in some other reality than I am. I'm just put out I won't live long enough to see what kind of weird world this technology gives birth to. No way this genie gets shoved back into the bottle. It's too valuable for everything from crop breeding to disease control. The potential for uber-bucks will drive rapid perfection of the technology. And the perfection of the technology will drive the emergence of post human civilization. technology patented; 1st clinical trials already under way [Click on the "cut and paste" graphic to see how it all works.] AdamSmith, GM Franken-nauts might just make your dream of colonization of space feasible. Alea iacta est, y'all. Fasten your safety belts. Quote
