Lee M. Silver is a professor of molecular biology at Princeton University and co-founder of GenePeek, a genetic research company which screens couples for possible prospective genetic disorders in their children. Silver is the author of the book Remaking Eden: How Genetic Engineering and Cloning Will Transform the American Family (1998) and Challenging Nature: The Clash of Science and Spirituality at the New Frontiers of Life (2006). Silver takes a positive view on human cloning, designer babies and similar prospects.
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Transhumanist Predictions and the Human Predicament
The rapid development of technology in the modern era has inspired a movement known as transhumanism. Envisioned is a near future in which human bodies and minds will be transformed and enhanced through genomics, pharmaceuticals, nanotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence, and any number of prosthetic devices inside and outside our bodies. Advocates also hold out the... read more! »