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Lisa Nip

TED Talks Science and Medicine

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TEDTalks Ciência e Medicina

TEDTalks 科学与医疗

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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.Lisa Nip:How humans could evolve to survive in spaceTEDxBeaconStreet · 12:51 · Filmed Nov 2015Footnotes:[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 CRISPRED YONG | DEC 2, 2015 (READ BY CLICKING HERE)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 agoTo the question of: "Even if we could edit human genes safely and precisely, why would we do so ..."Why? To colonize Mars and survive Climate Change.There a whole lot of flora and fauna already out there that thrive in exotic environments. Besides the treatment or eradication of diseases and the issue of designer babies, CRISPR makes any strand of DNA from any species current or even extinct a candidate for splicing into the human genome.I've heard that there's an active effort to un-extinct the woolly mammoth. It's not a far stretch to think of humans who can tolerate interstellar space with a bit of DNA from Tardigrades or photosynthetic people who breath CO2 and fart ozone. And, it's not unreasonable to think that the knowledge of how to do that effectively is in the not-too-distant future. After all, Custer's last stand and Armstrong's stepping onto the moon happened in the span of a single lifetime.[2] An audio blurb: Terrence McKenna: what it's like when the species prepares for hyperspaceIf you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio elementOriginal Source:Podcast 386 – “Loose Ends Time”Posted on January 24, 2014 by Lorenzo

<p>Ms. Nip here captures, in my humble opinion, the essence of where new technologies in genetic engineering like CRISPR<b><a href="http://www.podgnosticast.com/2016/04/6957340007370654002#footnote1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[1]</a></b> 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<b><a href="http://www.podgnosticast.com/2016/04/6957340007370654002#footnote2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[2]</a></b> where the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_Forms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Platonistic</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotelian_physics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aristotelian</a> dichotomy unite.<br></p><h1>Lisa Nip:How humans could evolve to survive in space</h1>TEDxBeaconStreet · 12:51 · Filmed Nov 2015<br/><br/><h3>Footnotes:</h3><h4><b>[1] </b>Cross-reference to an article posted in The Atlantic four months ago:</h4><h4>What Can You Actually Do With Your Fancy Gene-Editing Technology?</h4>Wading through the hype about CRISPR<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ED YONG</a> | DEC 2, 2015 (<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/12/what-can-you-actually-do-with-your-fancy-gene-editing-technology/418377/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">READ BY CLICKING HERE</a>)<br/>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)<br/><blockquote><a href="https://disqus.com/by/jcmartinezsifre/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JC Martinez-Sifre</a> <a href="https://disqus.com/home/discussion/theatlantic/what_can_you_actually_do_with_your_fancy_gene_editing_technology/#comment-2390124544" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> 4 months ago</a><br/><br/>To the question of: "Even if we could edit human genes safely and precisely, why would we do so ..."Why? To colonize Mars and survive Climate Change.There a whole lot of flora and fauna already out there that thrive in exotic environments. Besides the treatment or eradication of diseases and the issue of designer babies, CRISPR makes any strand of DNA from any species current or even extinct a candidate for splicing into the human genome.I've heard that there's an active effort to un-extinct the woolly mammoth. It's not a far stretch to think of humans who can tolerate interstellar space with a bit of DNA from Tardigrades or photosynthetic people who breath CO2 and fart ozone. And, it's not unreasonable to think that the knowledge of how to do that effectively is in the not-too-distant future. After all, Custer's last stand and Armstrong's stepping onto the moon happened in the span of a single lifetime.</blockquote><h4><b>[2] </b>An audio blurb: Terrence McKenna: what it's like when the species prepares for hyperspace</h4><h4><br/><br/>If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element<br/><br/></h4>Original Source:<a href="https://psychedelicsalon.com/podcast-386-loose-ends-time/" rel="bookmark nofollow" target="_blank">Podcast 386 – “Loose Ends Time”</a><br/>Posted on <a href="https://psychedelicsalon.com/podcast-386-loose-ends-time/" rel="bookmark nofollow" target="_blank">January 24, 2014</a> by <a href="https://psychedelicsalon.com/author/Lorenzo/" rel="author nofollow" target="_blank">Lorenzo</a>

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