From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Mon May 06 2002 - 14:42:07 MDT
Michael M. Butler wrote:
> http://www.iht.com/articles/56780.htm
>
> Puts a new perspective (for me, at least) on the genomics debate.
Slightly more readable version at
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/05/international/asia/05LEGS.html
It seems to be more related to modification of existing bodies than
to genomics. I wonder: if this type of body modification were to become
routine (cheap, reliable, few if any defects, widely available), would
this spur a "height race" among the parts of the world that had access
to it? How far would such a race go, before stabilizing (if it would),
and what would be the cause of stabilization (limits of human body,
strained interactions with the non-"up"graded, or something else)?
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