April 26, 2024
Transhumanism
Carlos Velazquez
Is genetic engineering a good thing or too risky in the hands of the medical profession that is abetting, and profiting by, mutilating children?
Michael Guillén Phd
GENETIC ENGINEERING. A 54-year-old New Jersey woman has received a kidney from a "transgenic" pig - a pig whose DNA was spliced with human DNA. #sciencewithdrg #kidney #transplant #transgenic
Doctors transplant a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman
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Tim adds:
It's a terrible idea, especially as mixing human and animal DNA drastically increases the prospect for trans-species diseases. Every creature has it's own unique predatory diseases. Mix the DNA and you suddenly are on the menu. This could unleash unparalleled plagues on Mankind as species learn to appreciate new food.
It's also going to be leadin to man scientists wanting to play God like the good folks at Wuhan did with Gain of Function research.
And we never know how our spiffy new genetic experiments are going to turn out. The law of unintended consequences is a real thing.
And we never know how our spiffy new genetic experiments are going to turn out. The law of unintended consequences is a real thing, and the stakes are far too high here. This isn't like other new technology; it alters the very core of our bodies and threatens the integrity of our species. Once altered there is no going back. We could be staring down an evolutionary blind alley.
Oh, we might be able to restore our human DNA,but I suspect once the damage is done it will be very difficult to undo.
I think transhumanism is a Pandora's Box and we are eagerly opening it.
Is genetic engineering a good thing or too risky in the hands of the medical profession that is abetting, and profiting by, mutilating children?
Michael Guillén Phd
GENETIC ENGINEERING. A 54-year-old New Jersey woman has received a kidney from a "transgenic" pig - a pig whose DNA was spliced with human DNA. #sciencewithdrg #kidney #transplant #transgenic
Doctors transplant a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman
apnews.com
Tim adds:
It's a terrible idea, especially as mixing human and animal DNA drastically increases the prospect for trans-species diseases. Every creature has it's own unique predatory diseases. Mix the DNA and you suddenly are on the menu. This could unleash unparalleled plagues on Mankind as species learn to appreciate new food.
It's also going to be leadin to man scientists wanting to play God like the good folks at Wuhan did with Gain of Function research.
And we never know how our spiffy new genetic experiments are going to turn out. The law of unintended consequences is a real thing.
And we never know how our spiffy new genetic experiments are going to turn out. The law of unintended consequences is a real thing, and the stakes are far too high here. This isn't like other new technology; it alters the very core of our bodies and threatens the integrity of our species. Once altered there is no going back. We could be staring down an evolutionary blind alley.
Oh, we might be able to restore our human DNA,but I suspect once the damage is done it will be very difficult to undo.
I think transhumanism is a Pandora's Box and we are eagerly opening it.
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Right. But then, nobody ever said we were smart. Way back when Eve trusted the serpent and ate the fruit, we've had this tendency to jump first and ask questions later.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 27, 2024 12:17 AM (7Hd0c)
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So true Dana. If aliens ever visited here they undoubtedly left because they couldn't find any intelligent life.
If Eve had had any sense she would have fed the fruit to an animal first and seen what happened. But instead she tried it on not just herself but her weenie husband too.
If Eve had had any sense she would have fed the fruit to an animal first and seen what happened. But instead she tried it on not just herself but her weenie husband too.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 27, 2024 08:36 AM (5t9yX)
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No; if Eve ever had any sense she would have said "Adam and I will obey the commandment of the Lord and stay away from the fruit of this tree which is in the middle of the Garden. We will eat the fruits of all the other trees." Then she would have gotten Adam to stomp on the serpent -- hard.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 27, 2024 10:39 PM (7Hd0c)
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Well that is true Dana. She knew God was trustworthy after all.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 28, 2024 09:44 AM (FU3eF)
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Yes, but then, dammit, she was a woman and had to mess with things, and look what happened!
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 28, 2024 11:18 PM (551jX)
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