“The future depends on our support of the inevitable progress of adaptation of humans.”
I want to thank the United Kingdom for allowing gene editing to begin for the future of billions on this planet. I want to assure those afraid of this technology that our future depends on this technology. Sure, there will be accidents that may cause some harm, but the future is our ability to overcome nature’s bad-hand. That hand is also what we have done to ourselves. This science is (like it or not) human’s ability to naturally adapt to our dire circumstances. Fear of this technology will only withhold our development of what it can be: a viable solution to much suffering in our futures.
Every single scientific breakthrough that was put into a practical use has had (and likely always) will have a shortcoming. A misstep. But how will we ever find out? Everything from our science the we use today came with a price. That price is very human. It is our nature to learn the most and the best from our mistakes. Sure, every scientist imagines that what they are ready to launch upon us is foolproof. That vision of a no mistakes scientifically derived product remains within nearly all of them. We have regulatory agencies now that are better than ever before and reducing those mistakes and the harm upon us all is being accomplished today.
Every single scientific breakthrough that was put into a practical use has had (and likely always) will have a shortcoming. A misstep. But how will we ever find out? Everything from our science the we use today came with a price. That price is very human. It is our nature to learn the most and the best from our mistakes. Sure, every scientist imagines that what they are ready to launch upon us is foolproof. That vision of a no mistakes scientifically derived product remains within nearly all of them. We have regulatory agencies now that are better than ever before and reducing those mistakes and the harm upon us all is being accomplished today.
We must have confidence. We face a world so complex and so wrought with unknown biological circumstances - many of which we create in our environment, that we need all tools that can provide hope - now. We need our genetic science to save us. I and the End All Suffering foundation will not cower in ignorance. Because our ignorance is kind of beautiful. Not as beautiful as human’s ability to adapt - and gene editing is one very promising way of seeing that adaptation come to fruition of far less suffering in our futures.
The blocking of birth defects while a fetus is in utero is just one of the many abilities of this science in our future. The battle against cancer is another strong and promising future of this science.
Monsters. Super people. Military super soldiers. All a possibility. If you shun this science then we can’t stop that from happening. The irony of fear of this science is: because those governments who will do that anyway, if we cower in fear and vitriol then they will be able to do it in the shadows. They will and we won’t know unless we make it transparently used. That means the more of us embrace the agencies who are watching the technology, the less of chance exists that those scary scenarios will occur.
We can’t be afraid. The future depends on our support of the inevitable progress of adaptation of humans. Adaptation is what humanity special in this local group. We quickly evolve. Those mistakes are part of our evolvement. That rapid evolvement. We are unique in this respect.
All Rights Reserved: End All Suffering / James Gray Mason, 2016.
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