From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Mon Sep 23 2002 - 09:32:41 MDT
nanowave wrote:
>The Transhumanists
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>The next great threat to human dignity.
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>Well at least we’re not being dismissed as the next weenie threat.
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>By Wesley J. Smith
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>Paraphrased by Russell Evermore
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>In recent years, scientists have mixed the DNA of a jellyfish with that of a
>monkey, creating a "transgenic" animal that glows in the dark. ("Transgenic"
>means possessing the genes of more than one type of organism.) Scientists
>have also inserted spider DNA into the genes of goats, creating ewes that
>produce milk containing spider-web silk. The goal of the project is to
>extract sufficient web silk — one of the strongest and lightest substances
>known — to create an industry in spider-silk products.
>...
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>Russell Evermore
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Does anyone remember Cordwainer Smith and "The Ballad of Lost C'Mel", or
the other tales of the underpeople? This is something that is coming,
but we need to think carefully about the social rules that it will fit into.
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