Michael Ragland  wrote in message
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> "Michael Ragland"  wrote in message
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> Note to Moderator: This is the first article on the internet I've found
> which "conceptually" mirrors my own on addressing the problem of human
> aggression. I wanted to share it with the group since besides me and
> Stephen Hawking I haven't come across anybody else who advocates
> eliminating aggression through genetic engineering and gene therapy.
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> Chris Wright wrote:

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> "I think genetic engineering with humans is going to occur whether we
> like it or not. It will change our standard of what is human but it will
> be a gradual change because there's so much we don't know and because
> humans take time to grow up. We won't change much in the next 100 years
> but we might after that."
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I can definitely agree with this--it's a given. I think that emotional
changes in "humans" will take at least a century--probably
much longer; these, more radical, changes in humanity will need to await
radical genetic change in brains, or perhaps,
micro/nanotech implementation of cybertech supplementation of brains.
Degrees of emotional modification might result in humans
genengineered into radical morphologies, with resulting radically modified
biochemistries (organs, hormones, neurotransmitters,
etc.) In any event, by the 3d millennium, a large portion of the
genengineered human race will be totally unrecognizable to humans
of today; changes will not be just physical and mental, but also in
widespread basic ethics, philosophies, and goals of genformed
humanity. Sure wish I could live to see it!         ...tonyC
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