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What can be done with m̶a̶g̶i̶c̶ CRISPR, can be undone with CRISPR. I don't see anything really permanent here.
by krasin 11y ago
What can be done with m̶a̶g̶i̶c̶ CRISPR, can be undone with CRISPR. I don't see anything really permanent here.
- pasbesoin 11y agoThe financial 1% becomes the genetic 1%? As one scenario. (Even if CRISPR itself is not that expensive, the computational power to determine effective scenarios likely will be. Not to mention IP "rights" and lawyers as an additional bludgeon.) (Additionally, we appear to be just beginning to really understand folding and DNA/RNA 3D and 4D geometry. I'm uncertain we can really determine the full scope of such scenarios, yet. Including perhaps transmissible negative repercussions.)
- narrator 11y agoNaaah. That would be ok. The problem comes when this technology gets too cheap and people decide they want to live longer than they are supposed to. Same problem with stem cells. The elite can do whatever they want with this stuff. It's the masses adopting it that is troublesome.