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Neanderthal cloning soon?
Posted by: afbach (---.gtwy.uscourts.gov)
Date: November 02, 2012 06:09PM
Just saw a quote:
George Church, genetics professor at Harvard, founder of the Personal Genome Project and author of the new book “Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves,” which explores how DNA can be programmed for new biological creations, such as seeds that grow into furniture — skipping the whole tree stage. And creating Neanderthal cells. “The @#$%& human genome was supposed to arrive 50 years from now. It arrived this year. What if a @#$%& Neanderthal or mammoth arrives 50 years ahead of time?” Church told Bloomberg Businessweek.
Or dodos. His other quote:
“At some point, someone will come up with an airtight argument as to why they should have a cloned child. At that point, cloning will be acceptable. At that point, people will already be choosing traits for their children. What politician will tell a parent that they can’t spend their hard-earned money on getting an extra 50 SAT points for their child as long as it’s safe?”
George Church, genetics professor at Harvard, founder of the Personal Genome Project and author of the new book “Regenesis: How Synthetic Biology Will Reinvent Nature and Ourselves,” which explores how DNA can be programmed for new biological creations, such as seeds that grow into furniture — skipping the whole tree stage. And creating Neanderthal cells. “The @#$%& human genome was supposed to arrive 50 years from now. It arrived this year. What if a @#$%& Neanderthal or mammoth arrives 50 years ahead of time?” Church told Bloomberg Businessweek.
Or dodos. His other quote:
“At some point, someone will come up with an airtight argument as to why they should have a cloned child. At that point, cloning will be acceptable. At that point, people will already be choosing traits for their children. What politician will tell a parent that they can’t spend their hard-earned money on getting an extra 50 SAT points for their child as long as it’s safe?”
Re: Neanderthal cloning soon?
Posted by: SkidMarks (---.10-3.cable.virginm.net)
Date: September 23, 2014 10:27AM
afbach Wrote:
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(George Church quote)
“At some point, someone will come up with an airtight argument as to why they should have a cloned child. At that point, cloning will be acceptable. At that point, people will already be choosing traits for their children. What politician will tell a parent that they can’t spend their hard-earned money on getting an extra 50 SAT points for their child as long as it’s safe?”
Let us hope that at that point Cyberdyne's robots take over and wipe us out!
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(George Church quote)
“At some point, someone will come up with an airtight argument as to why they should have a cloned child. At that point, cloning will be acceptable. At that point, people will already be choosing traits for their children. What politician will tell a parent that they can’t spend their hard-earned money on getting an extra 50 SAT points for their child as long as it’s safe?”
Let us hope that at that point Cyberdyne's robots take over and wipe us out!
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