Creating A Genetically-Engineered Master Society Of Superhumans Is A Danger To Our Entire World – Scientist Warns

MessageToEagle.com – Scientists should not impose beliefs as scientists on people. The idea that science is the absolute truth is nonsense.

It’s a version of the truth. These words were uttered by Professor Robert Winston during a lecture at the University of Bedfordshire in early in February, 2014.

Professor Winston warns of the dangers to humanity of rapidly-developing science technology, as scientists move ever-closer to genetically-modified humans.

As we all know, humans are far from perfect, but should our society be replaced with genetically- engineered superhumans?

As a species, mankind has never really lost its wish to improve its genetics, and we are under ever-increasing pressure to continue to do so, but where do we draw the line? Will we be able to recognize the first signs of danger?

Genetic-engineering is a science that is rapidly progressing, but we should be careful before attempting to create something or someone we cannot control.
Turning to the development of the human mind, Professor Winston pointed out that the genes which make-up the modern brain have changed insignificantly over time, so its basic capacity now is the same as it was tens of thousands of years ago.
“But if you take the last 400 years that’s something quite interesting,” he said as he pinpointed many moments in our history from Shakespeare’s work to landing on the moon and making synthetic organisms (making life).

“The human mind is developing exponentially, despite our genes remaining the same, and that is an amazing challenge for all of us. It’s also a threat as what we anticipate with our improving mind is that we will improve the world around us and indeed we have done this consistently.
“But the fact remains that we are now threatened by all sorts of examples which we are developing. Every single piece of technology has a downside, which is rarely anticipated at the start of its evolution.”

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During his lecture, Professor Winston mentioned how the forced sterilisation of women, and research in the US into genetic comparisons between ethnic groups, was followed by the appalling and well-documented experiments on humans in Nazi concentration camps.

While there were also attempts to manipulate reproduction and create the ‘perfect baby’ in the 1960s, with laws in some US states banning sexual relationships between black and white people. He also referred to the sterilisation of women prisoners in California as recently as five years ago as an indication that subjective decisions were still being taken about the relative value of one human life over another.
Professor Winston said that while scientists often claim to be totally objective in their thinking, and say they ignore personal bias, this was simply not possible.

“Scientists are very subjective and can be persuaded by the thinking of the time. We are not always objective; we are human, after all,” he said as he stated that scientists have to be ethically and societally responsible.

“We must be careful not to impose our beliefs as scientists on people. The idea that science is the absolute truth is nonsense; it’s a version of the truth. I don’t think an aggressive approach to science is either relevant, or appropriate in a proper society,” he concluded.

Like all other living species, humans are not perfect, but our imperfection is one of the reasons why we can call ourselves humans. Is genetic-engineering leading to a life in paradise or rather in hell, some people ask these days.

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