Einstein or Frankenstein: Should humans rewrite the DNA of future generations?

bambu

Future of human gene editing to be decided at landmark summit

Now that the ability to selectively insert or remove genes from DNA is widespread, a global discussion is being convened to agree fresh safeguards

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/28/future-human-gene-editing-landmark-summit-dna-crispr-embyos

Crispr-cas9 does not leave any traces, meat and other products from GM animals could find its way to market without being labelled. Meanwhile, the simplicity and low cost of Crispr-cas9 means amateurs in the home can now perform their own experiments."


https://youtu.be/odE8dNcklks

No Yacub....

zzombie

Einstein.... This tech will help humanity

This will end racism or make it worse because eventually we will have a race of superhumans and regular people will be discriminated against.

bambu

Frankenstein....This tech will harm humanity

Yea....

It's gonna work out good for individuals with "desired" genotypes

TheNuttinProffessor

Frankenstein....This tech will harm humanity

It would be cool by its eventually gonna be totally cosmetic

Giant ? and ? and ? . That's all ppl are gonna program

Karl.

I thought this was @imgoingtoheavenru? thread.

Swiffness!

Frankenstein....This tech will harm humanity

I've watched enough sci-fi movies to know how this story end

SolemnSauce

remove the gag reflex from the human genome

bambu

Frankenstein....This tech will harm humanity

Karl. wrote: »

I thought this was @imgoingtoheavenru? thread.

Say no more.....

"and the sons of men in those days took from the cattle of the earth, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, and taught the mixture of animals of one species with the other, in order therewith to provoke the Lord and ? saw the whole earth and it was corrupt, for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon earth, all men and all animals."

-The Book of Jasher 4:18

https://youtu.be/UdjUi-zuqUw

BiblicalAtheist

Frankenstein....This tech will harm humanity

Gonna harm us cuz we don't know wtf is what with DNA. We now know the stuff we thought was junk DNA wasn't junk.

Lefty_

Human arrogance will be our end. How can you "repair" something that you dont even understand the ins and outs of designing.