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Genetic modifications can't alter human nature. What you'll have is a different species, closely related to humans. You can argue that's just semantics, I can a
by islon 13y ago
Genetic modifications can't alter human nature. What you'll have is a different species, closely related to humans. You can argue that's just semantics, I can agree to a point but unless you give a proper answer to what does it mean to be human my criticism is still valid.
- ef4 13y agoAs long as we're going to argue semantics, a "species" is a set of animals who can reproduce with each other. Dogs are all still dogs, despite the massive genetic changes we've imposed on the various breeds. They can all still interbreed. I really don't expect humans to accept genetic modifications that make their offspring reproductively incompatible with the rest of humanity. So speciation seems unlikely.
- chrischen 13y agoThere are genetic differences between different human races... not to mention constant mutations.