painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
Just FYI.. this is a common misconception. There is nothing that would limit a bumblebee or keep it from flying.
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What about the genetic code to grow angel wings?
- Thread starter Bobbyh
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Midnight Pete
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painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
ps... as for the OP.... no.
The required genetic modifications are far too severe to be viable.
Not that I wouldn't love a set of functional wings... to fly under ones own power is one of humankind's oldest dreams.
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The required genetic modifications are far too severe to be viable.
Not that I wouldn't love a set of functional wings... to fly under ones own power is one of humankind's oldest dreams.
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Midnight Pete
Well-Known Member
Not to mention far too unethical.
But there have been doctors for whom medical ethics presented no barriers. Joseph Mengele the Nazi doctor comes to mind.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
I'm more concerned with the ethics of patenting genes than sci-fi human-animal hybrids.
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Midnight Pete
Well-Known Member
I'm more concerned with the ethics of patenting genes than sci-fi human-animal hybrids.
wa:do
Patenting genes, huh? Is science always so money-driven?
dust1n
Zindīq
I thought the 'title' of 'angel' implied a lot more than just wings that look like a bird's. So altering people to look like angels wouldn't actually make them angels, they would be humans genetically engineered to look like angels.
dust1n
Zindīq
LMAO, not nearly as much as religious institutions.
dust1n
Zindīq
In a debates section? I would certainly hope so.
dust1n
Zindīq
Not to mention, that has everything to do with politics and little to do with science.
Need I remind anyone that it was Reagan that allowed for public universities to take grant money from private corporations in their research? What do you think is the money-driving factor here, science or the profitable possibilities that science can create?
Midnight Pete
Well-Known Member
Or someone's idea of what an angel looks like. The higher-ups in the angelic hierarchy don't look at all like human beings at all. The cherubim and the seraphim, that is.
Bobbyh
Infinite Nothingness
Well I disagree with most of what everyone has said so far. Of course it's possible! Why do so many people under estimate human potential? I'm not going to post a mountain of data proving that it is, but it absolutely is. We could potentially alter our code to develop a magnetic way of hovering, constructed of natural biological structures. Figuring that out would take some serious computing power, but the potential for biological structure is limited only to the material and physics of the universe, and our creativity.
But what about my other questions? When is heaven supposed to be happening? Need to set the flux capacitor for that date, hahah... Spirits!
But what about my other questions? When is heaven supposed to be happening? Need to set the flux capacitor for that date, hahah... Spirits!
dust1n
Zindīq
Point and case.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
It's not being done by scientists, but by pharmaceutical and agricultural corporations... capitalism at it's finest.
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painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
Some of us have more biological training than others.Well I disagree with most of what everyone has said so far. Of course it's possible! Why do so many people under estimate human potential? I'm not going to post a mountain of data proving that it is, but it absolutely is. We could potentially alter our code to develop a magnetic way of hovering, constructed of natural biological structures. Figuring that out would take some serious computing power, but the potential for biological structure is limited only to the material and physics of the universe, and our creativity.
But what about my other questions? When is heaven supposed to be happening? Need to set the flux capacitor for that date, hahah... Spirits!
There are lot's of things "we could do" if you ignore biology.
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Midnight Pete
Well-Known Member
There's a lot of things we *could be doing if* you ignore medical ethics and basic human decency.
"Paging Dr. Joseph Mengele ...."
"Paging Dr. Joseph Mengele ...."
Midnight Pete
Well-Known Member
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
Meh, that is doubtful... Mengele is not known for having made any significant breakthroughs despite all his "research".
yet, we have made enormous strides while "burdened" with a sense of morality.
wa:do
I prefer the idea of flying not under one's own power. If you can get some machine to do the work of flying while you relax and just point it in the right direction, isn't that more comfortable?Not that I wouldn't love a set of functional wings... to fly under ones own power is one of humankind's oldest dreams.
I mean, I don't see a lot of people giving up their cars, bikes, trains and buses to walk everywhere.
painted wolf
Grey Muzzle
I like walking... I don't even have a drivers license.
Besides, you don't have to flap continuously, you can glide too.
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