• CRISPR revolutionized gene editing. Now its toolbox is expanding
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https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-crisper-casx-cas12b-20190204-story.html?outputType=amp The gene-editing tool that has revolutionized biology is becoming even more powerful.
I have a hard time seeing how we'll ever get nanobots or similar technological medicines to work but we're seeing huge strides on the biological side of things that seemed like it had hit a dead end some 20 years ago.
The biotechnology advances are why my money is on biotranshumanism instead of the old-school "we'll all be cybernetic" brand of transhumanism.
Yep, especially how all those near-future cyberpunk settings are always thinking becoming cyborgs are mostly and unrealistically never go like that.
Nature did a lot (read: literally all lmao) of the legwork for what we'll be doing in the future with gene editing, whereas classical "transhumanism" (à la Deus Ex) is a very slow engineering problem where we basically have to do all the work. Eventually I'm sure they'll compliment each other (neural-electrical encoder/decoder), but I'm much more excited for the future of bio-engineering.
Fuckin' hanzers don't know a thing lol
This is why I think the future will be more "Biogrunge" than cyberpunk. Its about wet computers and lamenting submission to the system rather than mechanical parts and revolution.
Can they fix my severe manic-depression?
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Dear science gods, Use gene editing to make catgirls real and resurrect the dinosaurs. That is all.
So you're saying that Deus ex was less on the mark, and Bioshock was more so?
Bioshock is a bit too magical.
Well for third game was blatant because of its Steampunk setting but for first two games tires to attempted on explaining this via ‘Plasmids did it’, with it kinda worked out.
Oh man, I knew just from looking at this that it was done by the same people as the fucking vaccine checkpoint one His art really is a gift that keeps on giving https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/249570/5f1876ed-c7eb-43d7-ad4a-453023ef2564/image.png https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/249570/5ca1880b-b127-4cc3-b376-e3482e231762/image.png https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/249570/df98fe30-b933-41c8-a811-afdc6b5b4174/image.png
and then make them fight to the death live on pay per view
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