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Friday, September 17, 2010

Visions of the Future - The Biotech Revolution (Video)


Genetics and biotechnology promise a future of unprecedented health and longevity: DNA screening could prevent many diseases, gene therapy could cure them and, thanks to lab-grown organs, the human body could be repaired as easily as a car, with spare parts readily available. Ultimately, the ageing process itself could be slowed down or even halted.

Leading theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku looks at the revolution in genetics and biotechnology, which promises unprecedented health and longevity but also raises the spectre of a Frankenstein future of genetically engineered people. Will we, as transhumanists expect, evolve into a new species? Dr Kaku warns that we may end up in a world divided by genetic apartheid.

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28 comments:

David said...

Already seen it awesome never the less! Supporting!

CetaPara said...

very interesting, I must concur.

Herpy Derpy Schmerpy said...

It will take some time but I'll sure going to watch this .

Anne on a mouse said...

Interesting, and slightly scary stuff

YEP, GEDDON! said...

Yep, supportin'

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Viperman said...

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LoneIslander said...

Scary stuff bro.

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Christo bear said...

very cool =D

Epic Fitness said...

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Mister Sharaf said...

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Skyshock said...

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Discerning Gentleman said...

holy moly!

Commsky said...

SCORE!

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suzychen said...

One of the main ideas at the heart of this is the notion of the "singularity", the point at which technology can imitate a human mind. Whole lot of ideas that come with that, some of them are pretty interesting. Look up "Chinese room".

carbunklet said...

Cool!

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Light Weight Baby! said...

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Lil Pee said...

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Nobody said...

Can't wait for my full cybernetic body.

sod_roger001 said...

awesome

JRam said...
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JRam said...

Stopping aging is a big one. We won't have to suffer the cruel degeneration of the body but I wonder how the human mind will handle stress over a thousand year or more.

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