Traits acquired during one's lifetime - muscles built up in the gym, for example - cannot be passed on to the next… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
Before genetic engineering starts threatening us, god must patent his stuff! — MJ Korvan Copy Share Image
If I were 21 years old, I would go into biotechnology or genetic engineering. — Larry Ellison Copy Share Image
“We did those things when we were acting of fear from the cold war. After 9/11 we learned a new kind of… — Andrew Mayne Copy Share Image
The advance of genetic engineering makes it quite conceivable that we will begin to design our own evolutionary progress. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
One of the really remarkably beneficial aspects of genetic engineering is that much of the previous methodology for controlling pests and so… — Nina Fedoroff Copy Share Image
“Healing is the initial justification for every upgrade. Find some professors experimenting in genetic engineering or brain–computer interfaces, and ask them why… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Tragically, some people are genetically more susceptible than others to agripoisons and industrial pollutants. Genetic engineering to correct these medical problems is… — Michael Fox Copy Share Image
“The fundamental core of contemporary Darwinism, the theory of DNA-based reproduction and evolution, is now beyond dispute among scientists. It demonstrates its… — Daniel C. Dennett Copy Share Image
My worry is that other advances in science may result in other means of mass destruction, maybe more readily available even than… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
“Weight Watchers holds as a descriptive axiom the transparently true fact that for each of us the universe is deeply and sharply… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“The Hedonistic Imperative outlines how genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life. This project is ambitious but technically… — David Pearce Copy Share Image
“Doubting free will is not just a philosophical exercise. It has practical implications. If organisms indeed lack free will, it implies we… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
All the food we eat, whether Brussels sprouts or pork bellies, has been modified by mankind. Genetic engineering is only one particularly… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
“I’ve always been suspicious of the assumption that great intelligence would be an unqualified benefit— that the madness that so often accompanies… — Andrew M. Ryan Copy Share Image
Techniques such as genetic engineering, psychoactive drugs and electronic control of the brain make possible a transformation of the species into docile,… — William Sims Copy Share Image
“When genetic engineering and artificial intelligence reveal their full potential, liberalism, democracy and free markets might become as obsolete as flint knives,… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
But while doing that I'd been following a variety of fields in science and technology, including the work in molecular biology, genetic… — K. Eric Drexler Copy Share Image
“The results of the studies opened up a whole new avenue of research into live-attenuated vaccines: synthetic attenuated virus engineering (SAVE). A… — Michael G Cordingley Copy Share Image
A recent review of different agricultural options for the future was conducted by a panel of experts. The scientists posed the question:… — Raj Patel Copy Share Image
“Unable to construct genuine nanoassemblers, Xymos was using bacteria to crank out their molecules. This was genetic engineering, not nanotechnology.” — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
“The future is created not by backward looking masses but by forward thinking innovators. In the early 21st century, the train of… — GBF Summary Copy Share Image
“Sounds good, Roberta admitted, joining in a round of polite applause. Her initial gut response to this whole gene-tampering business had been… — Greg Cox Copy Share Image
Right now people are interested in genetic engineering to help the human race. That's a noble cause, and that's where we should… — Jack Horner Copy Share Image
Genetic engineering has never been about saving the world, it's about controlling the world. — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
