Re:A 160k-year-old jaw in a Tibetan cave might explain high ...
by WalterBright on Friday January 03, 2020 @08:05PM
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We won't need to wait for evolution. We'll be engineering the people directly with gene editing.
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Re:A 160k-year-old jaw in a Tibetan cave might explain high ...
by hinkley on Saturday January 04, 2020 @02:25AM
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The genes have already evolved, you're just selecting for them, which doesn't take long.
The rich have access to gene editing. I seriously doubt working class Martians will. And I'm not sure that safe gene editing will get here before Mars colonies do. I could see it going either way. People will try it anyway, and some will win the lottery while others lose.
Re:A 160k-year-old jaw in a Tibetan cave might explain high ...
by WalterBright on Saturday January 04, 2020 @03:40PM
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We already have gene editing. Last week's "60 Minutes" featured a young woman being cured (so far as the doctors can tell) of sickle cell anemia with gene editing.