ext_299122 ([identity profile] montecristo.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics 2011-08-11 05:20 pm (UTC)

For what it's worth, the issue may be moot

I don't think genetic engineering offers the panacea that people think it does. The "Super Race" is a fantasy and a recurring trope in fiction. I suspect that it will be much more problematic to create such a creature in the real world than people suspect.

Note to [livejournal.com profile] futurebird: Here's another one for your list: engineered negligible senescence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_negligible_senescence).
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