Natural selection, although blunt, molded humans into a species that can survive in a changing environment. Leaving out natural selection and designing people from the molecules up seems incredibly foolish and flaunts human hubris. IMO, playing games like that will lead to an evolutionary dead end with extinction as the result.
Because of the growing lack of empathy due to biological and medical advances, medical science treats our bodies like machines. I wonder when there will be genetically engineered people who are considered corporate property to be used as slaves and/or as reservoirs of replacement parts. We are "Human Resources" in the literal sense, with no value or meaning beyond how human biology can be capitalized on to generate more corporate/government revenue. If we had any consideration for morals, we would keep in mind the following before we make any plans: "Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should do it."
If humans were honest with ourselves, we'd admit that our purpose comes from nature and we need to leave it alone for the most part. Pretty much everything humans do comes down to survival of the fittest and the perpetuation of the species. We want to be strong, healthy, attractive, youthful, wealthy, and wield power and control, for what? All this is for reproduction and spreading the successful seed that has a better chance to survive than others. If we can't understand, or won't understand, our natural purpose for existence, then this level of biological control will lead us far astray and ultimately into extinction.
Because of the growing lack of empathy due to biological and medical advances, medical science treats our bodies like machines. I wonder when there will be genetically engineered people who are considered corporate property to be used as slaves and/or as reservoirs of replacement parts. We are "Human Resources" in the literal sense, with no value or meaning beyond how human biology can be capitalized on to generate more corporate/government revenue. If we had any consideration for morals, we would keep in mind the following before we make any plans: "Just because we can do something doesn't mean we should do it."
If humans were honest with ourselves, we'd admit that our purpose comes from nature and we need to leave it alone for the most part. Pretty much everything humans do comes down to survival of the fittest and the perpetuation of the species. We want to be strong, healthy, attractive, youthful, wealthy, and wield power and control, for what? All this is for reproduction and spreading the successful seed that has a better chance to survive than others. If we can't understand, or won't understand, our natural purpose for existence, then this level of biological control will lead us far astray and ultimately into extinction.
A trail goes two ways and looks different in each direction - There is no such thing as a timid woodland creature - Whatever does not kill you leaves you a survivor - Jesus is NOT a bad word - MSB