The Era of Genetically Modified Superhumans

The late 21st century belongs to Superhumans. Technological progress in the field of medicine through gene editing tools like CRISPR is going to revolutionize what it means to be human. The age of Superhumans is portrayed in many science fiction movies, but for the first time in our species history, radically altering our genome is going to be possible through the methods and tools of science.

The gene-editing tool CRISPR, short for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, could help us to reprogram life. It gives scientists more power and precision than they have ever had to alter human DNA.

Genetic engineering holds great promise for the future of humanity. A growing number of scientists including David Sinclair believe that we will soon be able to engineer and change our genes in a way that will help us live longer and healthier lives.

But how much should we really tinker with our own nature? What is the moral responsibility of scientists and humans towards future generations?

With technological advances in molecular biology like CRISPR that allow for specific gene editing approaches, many scientists argue that there are strong potential benefits as well as risks to human genetic engineering.
David Sinclair is a geneticist at Harvard Medical School. He believes it’s possible to unlock the fountain of youth.

The potential uses of such gene editing techniques could range from the treatment of disease to the enhancement of beauty and intelligence

New discoveries in gene editing technologies are popping up everywhere in the world and experts predict that we will see many more in coming years. Many scientists believe that genetic engineering is the future of our evolution. It provides us with a chance to give ourselves any traits we want, such as muscle mass or eye color. Basically, anything is possible.

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Sources:

Liang, P., et. al., “CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing in humantripronuclear zygotes” Protein & Cell Volume 6, Issue 5 (2015), pp363-372

Savulescu, J., Sandberg, A. & Kahane, G. Enhancing Human Ca-pacities, Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2011

[skynoceros_]

To those interested.

David Sinclair did an interview on the lex Friedman channel about a week ago. About an hour long. Highly enlightening and wholly recommend.

[ninjabiatch]

“ I want to cure all diseases because other peoples suffering is annoying and its distracting me from aliens”

[Cobra_TheReal]

Just makes me think we’re about to make super soldiers.

[deepashtray]

Ethics are meaningless when there's money to be made.

[celestinaallard]

An old man once told me:" never start something you cannot end." :if you know what will happen in the future, fear no tomorrow.

[Neseku]

I just want to live a very long life and experience all the things the universe has to offer.

[logiticalresponse]

Personally if this research shows it could extend our "youth" by even 20 30 years, I bet almost everyone would forget some ethical issues to accomplish this goal

[rtuggle]

Anything being released to the public as “new” has already been in implementation for a generation.

[DS-cbid]

Any modifications or editing done at gene level will take generations to validate or even partially understand the potential downside especially on the thinking and behavioral patterns.

[WAJD]

Fallen Angel technology that will send your soul straight to the pit!!

[JesusChristDenton_]

Sarif was right about one thing. It's in our nature to want to rise above our limits. Think about it. We were cold, so we harnessed fire. We were weak, so we invented tools. Every time we met an obstacle, we used creativity and ingenuity to overcome it. The cycle is inevitable. In the past, we've had to compensate for weaknesses, finding quick solutions that only benefit a few. But what if we never need to feel weak or morally conflicted again? What if the path Sarif wants us to take enables us to hold on to higher values with more stability? One thing is obvious. For the first time in history, we have a chance to steal fire from the gods. To turn away from it now - to stop pursing a future in which technology and biology combine, leading to the promise of a Singularity - would mean to deny the very essence of who we are. No doubt the road to get there will be bumpy, hurting some people along the way. But won't achieving the dream be worth it? We can become the gods we've always been striving to be. We might as well get good at it. - Deus Ex Human Revolution

[jabulanijohn]

Rom 1:18 God's anger is revealed from heaven against every ungodly and immoral thing people do as they try to suppress the truth by their immoral living.
Rom 1:19 What can be known about God is clear to them because he has made it clear to them.
Rom 1:20 From the creation of the world, God's invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly observed in what he made. As a result, people have no excuse.
Rom 1:21 They knew God but did not praise and thank him for being God. Instead, their thoughts were pointless, and their misguided minds were plunged into darkness.
Rom 1:22 While claiming to be wise, they became fools.
Rom 1:23 They exchanged the glory of the immortal God for statues that looked like mortal humans, birds, animals, and snakes.

[derasor]

Rooting for Dr. David Sinclair. I enjoyed very much his book Lifespan

[MRLFMAO]

If I can hit bricks like Mario without breaking my head I'm down for that!

[thumperpaul]

Great Immortal billionaires, just what the world needs.

[erza]

Just imagine instead of superhuman we become zombie because of genetic mutation.😂😂😂

[ronaldlebeck]

Sci-fi writers have been covering this topic for a while. Ben Bova wrote "Transhuman", which is a really good story, and I wrote "Family Tails - The Story of a Mixed Family in the Genetic Age", for a couple you folks might want to read.

[suzannebrown]

And, of course, only the wealthy will be able to afford to “pick what they want” if (and when) this technology works. If this will be good or bad, depending on circumstances, is yet to be determined, along with major ethical concerns.

[nessuno]

I was excited by this scenario that could eliminate many causes of human sufference (gentic diseases, low IQ, ugliness, etc.), but, even if I am really ignorant, I think that the possibilities to apply genetic engineering to complex traits like height, IQ, and many polygenic diseases is strongly overrated for many reasons: to create a strong effect you should modify too many genes which is impossible with our knowledge, often GWAS doesn't indicate the casual variant of a trait, but only a variant close to that, etc. I have read that the best possibility is represented by embryo selection, but for biological reasons the number of female gametes limits a lot the utility of such a selection.

[oozefang]

Scottish doctor Alexander Wood is credited with inventing the modern hypodermic syringe in 1853. His goal was to treat pain in just one area of the body. He attached a hollow needle, an earlier invention by Irish doctor Francis Rynd, to a plunger.