Augmented Biology
[REPOST] Lisa Nip, Gene Editing, and The Psychedelics of Colonizing Mars
2:24:00 PM
Ms. Nip here captures, in my humble opinion, the essence of where new technologies in genetic engineering like CRISPR[1] seem to be taking us ... to the stars. And, by extension to her argument, it is yet another herald of the ongoing transformation of human animal into a transcendental liminality[2] where the Platonistic and Aristotelian dichotomy unite.
And finally, my two cents-worth of an answer in the comment section of that article - transcribed here, becuase, c'ummon, I can't justify creating a blog post without making a contribution to the body of content :-P)
Lisa Nip:
How humans could evolve to survive in space
TEDxBeaconStreet · 12:51 · Filmed Nov 2015
Footnotes:
[1] Cross-reference to an article posted in The Atlantic four months ago:
What Can You Actually Do With Your Fancy Gene-Editing Technology?
Wading through the hype about CRISPR
ED YONG | And finally, my two cents-worth of an answer in the comment section of that article - transcribed here, becuase, c'ummon, I can't justify creating a blog post without making a contribution to the body of content :-P)
JC Martinez-Sifre 4 months ago
