I can't help it!

Gene-edited babies, this is not the first case, nor is it the last, there are still a lot of Frankensteins, and the law can't control the consortium.

It's just that Xiao He announced it like Don Quixote and turned himself into a target.

Of course, Xiaohe has his own economic aspirations, and he is no longer a simple scientist. He was given a medical ethics review by a nursery hospital.

In addition, I only supervised Koga's master's thesis, and his doctorate was obtained abroad, so he was not considered my student.

There is a term in gene editing called off-target, which means that the editing is not acting in the right place. If gene A is planned to be edited, but gene B is edited, it will lead to unpredictable and uncontrollable consequences. It's like there was a problem with the right kidney, but the left kidney was removed, I'm not talking about Liang Qichao here.

Xiao He's matter is also off target.

But that's not to say that gene editing shouldn't be studied and used in the future when it's more mature.

In the history of medical development, there has always been such a problem. For example, blood transfusions were once considered to be the devil's means, and it was the devil who touched the human body and would bring the devil into the world.

Another example is organ transplantation, transplanting multiple organs of Zhang San to Li Si, and even replacing all organs, is this person who survives Zhang San or Li Si?

Don't laugh, there is a record in "Liezi" that Bian Que swapped the hearts of Lu Rengonghu and Zhao Renqi Ying, and as a result, the two of them also reversed their thinking, walked into each other's doors and were kicked out by their families, until Bian Que came forward to explain the situation. There is no follow-up report on the later events, and the mind and body are reversed, which one is a public and which one is Qi Ying?

Let's have a drink.

To put it simply, blood transfusions and organ transplants have historically been strongly questioned, and the Church has banned blood transfusions.

It is not so much a question of science as of ethics.

The same goes for gene-edited babies. At present, ethics has not yet given an explanation that is acceptable to the public psyche, and has made corresponding adjustments to the rules.

But after all, it will be given, and the public will gradually accept it.

As we know, blood transfusions are now a routine adjunct treatment, and organ transplants are being carried out all the time, even from animal bodies to make human organs, and even from mechanical organs. For example, there have been many successful cases of mechanical hearts, and there have been preliminary results in the research of mechanical brains.

Gene editing, as well as blood transfusions and organ transplants, have created a great social horror whose consequences we are now uncertain.

Even if the scientific side is fully controlled, the ethical side is difficult to solve.

Are you interested in such a question, I'll elaborate on a drink.

What is the greatest horror as a human being?

What is the greatest horror of humanity as a whole?

We can divide the great horror of humanity as a whole into different levels.

The first rank has three, war, plague, famine.

These three are the existential horrors that have been associated with human history and that modern society has largely overcome. The intensity of the war and the number of direct casualties were minimized. Whether it's SARS or Ebola, it didn't kill many people. The number of people dying from overnutrition far outnumbered from malnutrition, not by an order of magnitude.

The second level has two, ecological collapse, and the destruction of the planet.

Ecological collapse is a man-made disaster, and the destruction of the planet is a natural disaster. This is a foreseeable apocalyptic scenario, and there is a high probability that it will happen in the future. Scientific development is in a race against collapse, and it is difficult to say who will outperform and who will win.

There are also two in the third level, where artificial intelligence rebels and aliens rule the earth.

Humans became slaves or domestic animals, like cats, dogs, and even tigers and elephants. The most miserable thing is to ask for slavery and not get it. Aliens may want islands without people, robots are obviously much more efficient than humans, and humans are reduced to completely useless waste. In the end, he can become a giant panda, survive and reproduce by selling cuteness, and be sent to the civilization circle exhibition of various galaxies.

In these three levels, the terror index increases in turn, and each level is more terrifying than the first.

But that's not the greatest horror of humanity......

"Xiao He Xiaoning, you two are both my Wudaokou students, and it is not an exaggeration to say that you are the elite of the human race. Now, what are you two going to do?"

Academician Shi is massive, his face is not red when the glass is dry, he doesn't eat much, and he can persuade him to drink.

The tone of speech is like a homely style, the old man of the east and the old lady of the west family study the square dance routine, which vegetable market celery is cheaper by a dime, which supermarket has discounted eggs on what days of the week.

The content is to stand on the height of the earth and talk about the ultimate problems of mankind.

"Teacher, what should I do?" Ning Wushuang closed his mouth with difficulty, feeling his saliva cold.

"Teacher, you have to study hard now, dedicate yourself to science in the future, stand at the forefront of science and technology in the world, and ...... for the sake of all mankind" He Qingbai, as a third-grade student, is not a child in the first or second grade, of course, he can't ask the teacher like Ning Wushuang.

"What you two have to do now is not to open your mouth so wide, eat vegetables and eat vegetables!" Academician Shi didn't seem to be joking at all.

Everyone burst into laughter, and Academician Shi's joke was accompanied by wine, and he drank another round.

"Teacher, isn't it the greatest horror for humanity to perish, or to become robots or alien domestic animals?"

Since Academician Shi agreed to be her mentor, even if it was in name, Ning Wushuang was the closest person to Academician Shi in the seat.

With Ning Wushuang's temperament, he is not afraid to say the wrong thing or ask idiotic questions.

"Wushuang asked a good question!" Academician Shi laughed happily, "Becoming a domestic animal, or a little better, becoming a slave is indeed not the most terrifying thing. Academician Shi paused for a moment when he said this, and finally said quietly, "The most terrifying thing is that people will not be human. ”

The human body has evolved over hundreds of millions of years.

On the time scales that can be examined, the human body remains relatively constant.

This is the physiological basis for us to understand the world and ourselves, and it is also the collective psychological basis of human society.

The above contains three points, the human body, self-awareness, and social psychology.

Man will not be human, that is, human beings will become something else.

I often hear a sentence that there is no big deal except death, which means that people's fearless spirit, if they are out of the way, they are not afraid of death, what am I afraid of?

When an individual dies, humanity perpetuates.

Death is really not a big deal, death happens every moment.

Don't you know that there is a saying that life is worse than death?

"For example, turning into a zombie?" Ning Wushuang's face twitched, although it was a very good-looking pump, isn't it Plants vs. Zombies that fights too much, or does it see too much?

"Even if it doesn't hit, it's not far away. Academician Shi nodded and smiled, human beings turned into zombies, and society collapsed, which is indeed a great horror.

"For example, become a devil?" He Qingbai also had a big brain.

"It's a little more reliable than Wushuang. Academician Shi continued to smile, the devil has more brains than zombies.

"For example, to become a god?" Yu Le is actually a small character.

Academician Shi was inexplicably surprised, and tilted his head to look at Yu Le, "Your name is Yu Le, right, Teacher Ning's disciple, Wushuang's brother?"

"Academician Shi, I also went to college. Yu Le scratched his head and smiled.

"Oh, which university, what do you study?" Academician Shi looked at Yu Le eagerly.

"Canghai Agricultural University is studying plant cultivation and breeding. Yu Le scratched his head again, Canghai Agricultural University is still good, slightly worse than Wudaokou.

"Canghai Agricultural University, think about it, Professor Chen Fangxing, do you know me?" Academician Shi patted his head and thought for a while, and finally clapped his hands.

"Professor Chen gave us a big lesson, and when I was in school, I knew his old man, but he didn't know me. However, earlier this year, Professor Chen went to Zangma Mountain to guide and promote the blueberry project, and I invested in planting hundreds of acres, which can be regarded as a cooperation with Professor Chen. Yu Lehan smiled.

"Then I didn't run, Lao Chen and I are classmates, the first batch after the restart of the college entrance examination, the seventh and seventh grades, the only spring college students, we represent an era. "Academician Shi reminisces about the past, and the only way to drink is to drink more.

It took a long time to move the chopsticks, "Let's eat, let's eat! It's been too long, and this world is really not big." Yu Le, why didn't you take Lao Chen's graduate school exam?"

"Hehe, I want to start a business and make money. Yu Le continued to scratch his head, this question was not easy to answer.

"Have you made money now, investing a few hundred acres, it's not a decimal. "Academician Shi's thinking is very quick.

"Money is not a problem anymore, and it can even give you an old investment. Yu Le continued to laugh.

"The ability is not shallow!" Academician Shi was like looking at a naughty doll who claimed to be able to do great things, "How much can you vote for me?"

"If it's three or five hundred million, I'll be able to take it out now. If Academician Shi needs more, then he has to raise it. "There are no waves in Yule Gujing.

Academician Shi was stunned, and the chopsticks caught the vegetables, but he forgot to put them in his mouth.

Three or five billion?

Academicians have also seen money, and a project has been done for millions to tens of millions, and it is not unheard of for large projects of hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions.

However, he is a young man who has just graduated, and he gently and skillfully said three or five hundred million, and it can be more?

"What do you need?" Academician Shi actually became serious, it was no longer a scientist to a civilian, or a teacher to a parent, or an elder to a junior, but to put Yu Le in an equal position.

"Academician Shi needs to personally bring Wushuang to the doctor. "Yule is also very serious.

"Three or five hundred million?" Academician Shi muttered.

"There could be more. Yu Le did not hesitate.

"Okay, no kidding, it's my academic duty to bring a doctorate, and I don't need to bring money if I should bring it, and I don't bring how much money I shouldn't bring. Academician Shi took a sip of the wine in his glass, "No matter how much money you have, it has nothing to do with Wushuang's academic growth." ”

"Well, I just want to know if people can make gods. Yu Le scratched his head and smiled again.

"Teacher, why is it the greatest horror to become a god?" Ning Wushuang raised his hand again, just now Academician Shi clearly listened to this answer, and only then did he attach importance to his brother.

Obviously, the brother answered correctly.

My brother is a peerless brother!

But why is that?

PS: Thank you to the first fan of December "Book Friends 20181126082121059"!

PS: Thank you to the December ticket king "*Drifting Snow * Tianya*" classmates!