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Having one's morality based on the metaphysics of illiterate desert peasants living two thousand years ago will generally have bad consequences for one's perspe
by ly3xqhl8g9 4y ago
Having one's morality based on the metaphysics of illiterate desert peasants living two thousand years ago will generally have bad consequences for one's perspective on life, now and here.
Having said this, CRISPR, for all the good it promises, is the wrong technology. There is little to no reason to change the genes, the hardware: we need to find a way to access the software, the inter-cells communication protocols [1].
[1] Michael Levin | Cell Intelligence in Physiological and Morphological Spaces, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLiHLDrOTW8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLiHLDrOTW8 (The Anatomical Compiler at 17:55: "birth defects, traumatic injury, cancer, aging are problems of information processing")