RE: Opinions on Transsexuals? 04-07-2018, 10:26 PM
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(04-05-2018, 11:10 PM)Jiggly Wrote:(04-05-2018, 10:59 PM)Ender Wrote:(04-05-2018, 10:57 PM)zorrophreak Wrote: CRISPR probably won't inherently. Its more so the concept that such a gene sequencer like CRISPR is possible that it could very well become possible in the near future.
Near future might be an exaggeration, but sure.
People seem to be a bit too excited about stuff like AI and CRISPR when it's often farther off than they think. (specifically, with AI, we're going nowhere right now)
Still, it's fascinating to think of and fantasize about a world where these things are possible. By then, I'm sure new social norms will have taken hold and we may be dealing with very different social issues.
Unfortunately I think it will take quite a while before anything happens in the general population aside from outcry when and if we have such technology. As with human cloning and flying cars, gene editing likely won't exactly take off as sci-fi authors envision.