Re: GZGL FH - Genetic engineering.

Beth Fulton <beth.fulton@marine.csiro.au> wrote:
>Not disputing you here, but just for your info they've already linked
(at
>least tenuously) many behavioural traits (from cheerfulness to sexual
>orientation) to variations in single genes and they don't think it'll
be
>too long before they'll know enough to manipulate complex genetic
systems
>(including intelligence).
    A recent issue of Scientific American mentioned the possible
discovery
of an athletics gene. So now I know why I'm fat - it's in my genes! (or
not)

>Scary stuff.
    Genetic code considered as computer software - with all that it
implies.
Just need an assembler (womb) and code for the people you want.

Andrew Martin
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