WIRED has a frightening report by John Bohannon, “Why Are Some People So Smart? The Answer Could Spawn a Generation of Superbabies”. Really, just sooner than I was expecting. After sixty years of DNA research and computer development, serious effort is being made by non-dogmatic people taking advantage of today's super-computers to get the crunching done. The article is worth contemplating if you have children.
These efforts may not succeed, but others will — plus surprises. Please note that prohibition is unenforcible world-wide.
So, get ready for “enhanced” humanity. What these
“enhancements”
will be and who will get them, and what happens to those who don't will make the future very interesting. Gattacaca? Could be worse, like I Put My Blue Genes On.
“Enhanced” humans may not think like we dull “normals” do, and . . .
