China’s He Jiankui, who used Crispr to edit genome, says he is working on genetic diseases and suggests human embryo gene editing will one day be accepted
Or at least, what it thinks is knowledge. Medical history is littered with practices that maimed patients for no gain. We have frequently believed the wrong thing and to think that we no longer do is insanity. I frequently think about what procedures we do currently that will one day be considered evil (balloon angioplasty, maybe). There’s a lot of dogma and perverse incentives in science. But maybe that just speaks to the wisdom part.
And I hope I don’t come off as anti-science. I believe the scientific method is our best chance at understanding the world we’re in.
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” Isaac Asimov
Or at least, what it thinks is knowledge. Medical history is littered with practices that maimed patients for no gain. We have frequently believed the wrong thing and to think that we no longer do is insanity. I frequently think about what procedures we do currently that will one day be considered evil (balloon angioplasty, maybe). There’s a lot of dogma and perverse incentives in science. But maybe that just speaks to the wisdom part.
And I hope I don’t come off as anti-science. I believe the scientific method is our best chance at understanding the world we’re in.