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Old Aug 13, 2004, 09:32 am   #5 (permalink) (top)
rcne
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10,000 years in the evolutionary process is the blink of an eye. The drug induced chromosome modifications are just a booster in the evolutionary gene pool.

Homo Maximus may be present in todays gene pool - but it may take another 10,000 years for him to become dominant.

I would be more concerned that the ability to create life or extremely modify (to suit our tastes) DNA would lead to the classification of some humans as unmodified - therefore lesser.

My greatest concern at the moment is creating an organism with no natural limiting factors. (Andromeda Strain).


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