Re: Engaging Bioethics

From: Robin Hanson (rhanson@gmu.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 30 2001 - 08:29:03 MDT


On 4/23/2001 Mark Walker wrote:
>Thanks for the report. I am surprised that the bioethicists thought genetic
>augmentation was a big overblown yawn. Is the thinking that the technology
>to do so is too distant to be of concern now? I can't imagine bioethicists
>thinking, e.g., that an attempt to augment the neocortex by doubling its
>size could be a yawning matter. Mark

For some, yes, they thought such changes were too far away to be worth
worrying about.

Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
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