I'll make this quick since I have to get packing for my vacation, but are some of us blatantly forgetting the fact that we have been essentially doing this already? Artificial selection, the process of producing the best "produce" or livestock for eating or whatever, has been done for many years now. If we are already trying to prepare the best food for our liking, how would this be any different? Obviously the whole idea around "super chickens" is kind of flawed, but the overall idea is the same.
With changing the genes around, we would be able to cure many more diseases and implications that one's self would acquire throughout their life spent on Earth.
Should there be restrictions on how far we are able to proceed with this? Of course there should be some boundaries, but how far are we actually able to go with this? Making ourselves look basically like clones wouldn't really change our emotions or who we actually are. The act of getting plastic surgery may change your outward appearance (for better or worse), yet nothing of your socialistic or brain functions have been altered (albeit more or less self esteem). So if people are already trying to look more "perfect", then what is really the difference?
The idea of super human is really laughable. Are we really scared of being a disease free world? Or is it the idea of us all getting smarter? Statistics have shown that the human race is getting smarter and will get smarter with the years to come.
I highly doubt that anyone is thinking of the idea "super humans" as robots, for that is just completely ludicrous. The idea of us having guns popping out of our hands and legs is kind of funny and unrealistic. Though, I'm sure some of you were thinking of that.
In conclusion, I don't really see anything majorly wrong with this. Obviously there are some religious bounds that you are breaking, but then again, how many interpretations of the Bible can we muster up? Thus we get all the different religions stemming off from the same book. In my opinion, just do what is best for the overall progress of the human race.
With changing the genes around, we would be able to cure many more diseases and implications that one's self would acquire throughout their life spent on Earth.
Should there be restrictions on how far we are able to proceed with this? Of course there should be some boundaries, but how far are we actually able to go with this? Making ourselves look basically like clones wouldn't really change our emotions or who we actually are. The act of getting plastic surgery may change your outward appearance (for better or worse), yet nothing of your socialistic or brain functions have been altered (albeit more or less self esteem). So if people are already trying to look more "perfect", then what is really the difference?
The idea of super human is really laughable. Are we really scared of being a disease free world? Or is it the idea of us all getting smarter? Statistics have shown that the human race is getting smarter and will get smarter with the years to come.
I highly doubt that anyone is thinking of the idea "super humans" as robots, for that is just completely ludicrous. The idea of us having guns popping out of our hands and legs is kind of funny and unrealistic. Though, I'm sure some of you were thinking of that.
In conclusion, I don't really see anything majorly wrong with this. Obviously there are some religious bounds that you are breaking, but then again, how many interpretations of the Bible can we muster up? Thus we get all the different religions stemming off from the same book. In my opinion, just do what is best for the overall progress of the human race.
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