Re: `Interview With a Humanoid'

From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Wed Jul 24 2002 - 00:55:07 MDT


On Wed, 24 Jul 2002, Damien Broderick wrote:

> >It sells papers.
>
> So do lurid stories of alien abduction, but not usually in the NYT. Someone
> (lots of someones) with the full genomic details should kick their ass, and
> fast.

Actually, I don't see what the problem is. So they are adding human
genes to animals. So what? We added the human gene for insulin to
bacteria ages ago.

If you modify the genomes of animals, gene by little gene, replacing the
animal versions with human versions, at some point you end up with something
more human than animal.

I read the article and don't precisely see objectionable comments
other than perhaps some stretched analogies.

Robert



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