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Gene Editing
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Wilson has observed, "We are not as gods. We're not yet sentient or intelligent enough to be much of anything." Paul Kingsnorth, a British writer and activist, has put it this way: "we are as gods, but we have failed to get good at it.. We are Loki, killing the beautiful for fun. We are Saturn, devouring our children... Sometimes doing nothing is better than doing something.
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― Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
― Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
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It’s not that I was categorically opposed to the idea of scientists and physicians using gene editing to introduce heritable changes into the human genome.
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― A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
― A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution






























