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Traubenfuchs
Interesting to see how far we are still away from the full picture of life’s bioxhemistry.

Being able to use CRISPR to improve humans would be great. Wouldn‘t it be nice to be able to breed humans that are practically incapable of aggression? An era of transhumanism. It would be a better world. And quite safe, unless we‘d discover hostile aliens.

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gastroturf
If you could simultaneously affect all an entire generation of humanity, possibly two, then I can see your point.

Otherwise, doing it in isolation will surely lead to disastrous injustice.

tinus_hn
What would happen is there’d be a doormat race, submitting to the natural people.
Traubenfuchs
The doormat race would be bred not to feel bad about being the doormat race.
tinus_hn
Well that’s convenient. There might be some ethical issues though.