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Re:CRISPR used to genetically modify viable human embryos fo... by mljoe on Friday March 10, 2017 @12:27PM (#13840238)
There is something significant about humanity no longer being bound by the tyranny of natural selection. We a species who have the power, however limited, to shape the landscape to our will and desire. Now we can also conquer our own biology. To be this is poetic, utopian even.
Re:CRISPR used to genetically modify viable human embryos fo... by pottersbasilisk on Friday March 10, 2017 @06:00PM (#13842896)
Or we will exacerbate our worst tendencies and create a nightmare dystopia