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Gattaca Here We Come
Gattaca is one of my favorite movies, especially because the world it describes is not that far out from the realm of possibility. With technologies like PGD screening, how long will it be before doctors are offering couples embryos that ''will still be you, just the best of you''. I think in 40 years this option will be available to all those ...
Posted to Human Nature by apechi on January 14, 2009
The Rights of the Resurrected
What bothers me about the prospect of ''bringing to life'' a Neanderthal is not that we would be selectively modifying nearly-Human DNA, but the prospect of the terrible life that poor Neanderthal would lead. After all, if there is a good chance he or she will be able to speak or understand language, then there is also a very good chance that he ...
Posted to Human Nature by Adantigus on November 25, 2008
What is intelligence
The problem with all the arguments about IQ and race is that we can't really measure IQ and we don't really know what it is. Until we can, arguments are meaningless. I am certainly more knowledgeable than the President, but am I smarter? Could I have made it to the Presidency with his advantages? I don't know, but I doubt I have his ...
Posted to The Dilettante by chuck on December 4, 2007