tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277984098153355193.post1328258895027721193..comments2023-10-26T10:01:59.428-05:00Comments on Bioethics: Transhumanism: Humanity’s Past (Devin)Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277984098153355193.post-61112677188904988952015-05-03T13:13:50.939-05:002015-05-03T13:13:50.939-05:00I'm familiar with McKibben as an environmental...I'm familiar with McKibben as an environmentalist, but haven't read that book. I think we still have a long way to go before genetic engineering and nanotechnology on the human level can or should be done, as it's something we need to be VERY careful about. However, I don't think it's an automatic thing "just because we can." We alter ourselves out of necessity, for the betterment of humanity as a whole. It's easy to imagine frivolous genetic engineering, but those types of procedures generally don't become common until well after the practice has been mastered and deemed safe. The vast majority of it will be used to prevent disease and disorders, and likely only those things for generations.<br /><br />For now we must simply keep an open mind. There's still so much to learn about the human genome, we'll have to see what knowledge science brings us and what possibilities arise. There's a chance that all of our current ideas could be silly and we discover something so much greater.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00617825134187356650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277984098153355193.post-12843891243411095192015-05-03T13:12:45.919-05:002015-05-03T13:12:45.919-05:00I'm familiar with McKibben as an environmental...I'm familiar with McKibben as an environmentalist, but haven't read that book. I think we still have a long way to go before genetic engineering and nanotechnology on the human level can or should be done, as it's something we need to be VERY careful about. However, I don't think it's an automatic thing "just because we can." We alter ourselves out of necessity, for the betterment of humanity as a whole. It's easy to imagine frivolous genetic engineering, but those types of procedures generally don't become common until well after the practice has been mastered and deemed safe. The vast majority of it will be used to prevent disease and disorders, and likely only those things for generations.<br /><br />For now we must simply keep an open mind. There's still so much to learn about the human genome, we'll have to see what knowledge science brings us and what possibilities arise. There's a chance that all of our current ideas could be silly and we discover something so much greater.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00617825134187356650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277984098153355193.post-3566785287815623402015-04-26T23:33:51.138-05:002015-04-26T23:33:51.138-05:00Glad you're tackling this topic. We've bee...Glad you're tackling this topic. We've been enhancing ourselves for as long as we've been able, and it's hard to see how any prohibition would fail to be arbitrary in some important respects. But Bill McKibben had a point, in his book "Enough," when he said we shouldn't automatically change our germinal natures just because we can.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277984098153355193.post-21441382482607649422015-04-22T15:46:50.934-05:002015-04-22T15:46:50.934-05:00The format came out pretty weird for this, like th...The format came out pretty weird for this, like the paragraphs didn't form. Hrmm. Also here's a link to the image that also seems to be broken: http://dresdencodak.com/2009/09/22/caveman-science-fiction/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00617825134187356650noreply@blogger.com