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Can we do better than mother nature with designer babies?

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Can we reverse the effects of aging?

Call this an update:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science ... s-DNA.html

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We can probably within 10 years make super savant.
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HexHammer wrote:We can probably within 10 years make super savant.
Or a bag of shit. I'm betting on the shit, as it's already occurred in nature 108 billion times.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/fire- ... aB9o2t5mK0
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Dalek Prime wrote:
HexHammer wrote:We can probably within 10 years make super savant.
Or a bag of shit. I'm betting on the shit, as it's already occurred in nature 108 billion times.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/fire- ... aB9o2t5mK0
Do you actually know what I'm talking about?
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HexHammer wrote:
Dalek Prime wrote:
HexHammer wrote:We can probably within 10 years make super savant.
Or a bag of shit. I'm betting on the shit, as it's already occurred in nature 108 billion times.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/fire- ... aB9o2t5mK0
Do you actually know what I'm talking about?
Okay, let me see if my mind can wrap around the significance of your astoundingly insightful sentence. Within ten years, according to your timeframe... right? Thus far thus good.... We.... Meaning human shitbags, can genetically engineer a really smart shitbag.....

Yeah, that's way above my pay grade Hex....
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Dalek Prime wrote:Okay, let me see if my mind can wrap around the significance of your astoundingly insightful sentence. Within ten years, according to your timeframe... right? Thus far thus good.... We.... Meaning human shitbags, can genetically engineer a really smart shitbag.....

Yeah, that's way above my pay grade Hex....
Amazing! ..truly amazing!
..but what's up with the "shit bag"?
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Cranky moment. They're getting more frequent lately.
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Dalek Prime wrote:
HexHammer wrote:
Dalek Prime wrote: Or a bag of shit. I'm betting on the shit, as it's already occurred in nature 108 billion times.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/fire- ... aB9o2t5mK0
Do you actually know what I'm talking about?
Okay, let me see if my mind can wrap around the significance of your astoundingly insightful sentence. Within ten years, according to your timeframe... right? Thus far thus good.... We.... Meaning human shitbags, can genetically engineer a really smart shitbag.....

Yeah, that's way above my pay grade Hex....
The Dalek has the right side of the argument I think.
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Dalek Prime wrote:Cranky moment. They're getting more frequent lately.
..so ..ur a dude ..but has PMS attacks, truly interesting!!!
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HexHammer wrote:
Dalek Prime wrote:Cranky moment. They're getting more frequent lately.
..so ..ur a dude ..but has PMS attacks, truly interesting!!!
I think he is responding to his feminine side.

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Always good to see homophobia flourishing in your minds, and on the forum, boys. :roll:
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HexHammer wrote:We can probably within 10 years make super savant.
And on what relevant data do you base this assertion?
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Arising_uk wrote:
HexHammer wrote:We can probably within 10 years make super savant.
And on what relevant data do you base this assertion?
Our ability to manipulate gene sequences has become better, we can make children with 3 parents, if the genes are corrupt, it can be replaced with a donor's.
It's just a matter of time before we replace certain sequences with that of geniuses, so we have designer babies.

Often that of being too intelligent in some areas will cost on the scale, so you end up being retarded in others, but super savants has no such bad sides.
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Dalek Prime wrote:Always good to see homophobia flourishing in your minds, and on the forum, boys. :roll:
No, no, no, This is xenophobia in its extreme case of hatred of 'aliens'.
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HexHammer wrote:
Arising_uk wrote:
HexHammer wrote:We can probably within 10 years make super savant.
And on what relevant data do you base this assertion?
Our ability to manipulate gene sequences has become better, we can make children with 3 parents, if the genes are corrupt, it can be replaced with a donor's.
It's just a matter of time before we replace certain sequences with that of geniuses, so we have designer babies.

Often that of being too intelligent in some areas will cost on the scale, so you end up being retarded in others, but super savants has no such bad sides.
SO many misconceptions so little time.
The 3 parent "frankenstein' as put out by the press is nothing of the kind. You might want to read and try to understand with more care next time.
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