I mention human genetic engineering in the next blog. The main response I get to this issue is “What difference does it make, the Chinese are going to engineer people no matter what we do."
The fact is that it won’t be the Chinese in China, it is
already the Chinese government in Singapore that has created and funded the
labs to do everything possible in the human genetic engineering realm with no
restrictions.
My response is simple. Of course we will see humans genetically engineered. That will only raise the issue to the central point in the dialog of this century where it belongs --- this century is about several issues, a major one is human genetic engineering. We humans are not going to let any group, anywhere, change the nature of our species without having a serious, ferocious and protracted debate.