If we knew an irreversible catastrophic change in earths environment was certain to happen in the future and that Humankind had ONLY two choices. Choice number one being we as humans do nothing, accept our fate and allow our species to perish forever OR the second choice, alter the genetics of humans to adapt to the new environment and guarantee the survival of humans? What is your answer?
2006-08-09 11:19:10 · 9 answers · asked by brian k 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
surviving as an altered human would be like death itself ... i choose perish
2006-08-09 11:24:51 · answer #1 · answered by sammi girls mom 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question. This is assuming we would know the correct genetic alterations to make and the threat was expected within, say, one hundred years, correct? I believe at that point ethics concerning genetic tampering would go out the window. Now you are dealing with the survival of humanity instead of allowing nature to help evolve mankind over thousands of years. I would support human interference in this case (again, assuming we would not have time for nature to handle the problem).
2006-08-09 18:29:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is about time to educate Public about Global warming and I can not take the second choice because, there is no research about stem cell research because,the Right Wing and the White House against it.( President vetoed the bill not too long ago ) I can not sit around and accept my fate I believe in anything is possible and we can do.So I will find the third answer find another research outside the U.S. and study about cloning with private money.
2006-08-14 23:02:07 · answer #3 · answered by ryladie99 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like the present images that we had... I do not like to be bloated, short and big head, or skeletal thin, tall and zombies like.
I rather chose to be what we could be on the natural elements and perish.
Let the other earth exist as we perish on our moments here in the present earth we had.
On other hand, we could not be astronauts and scientists, so why bother.
2006-08-17 03:50:46 · answer #4 · answered by wacky_racer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to keep in mind that the majority of the world's people belong to the"Let's Wait Another Minute Before We Act." They are responsible for most of the tragedies that have happened.
I think the minority who are not afraid to do something will take whatever cause is productive.
Hopefully, my progeny will be on the "Let's Do It" team.
2006-08-16 23:14:59 · answer #5 · answered by Mr.Been there 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Change the environment
2006-08-17 10:59:58 · answer #6 · answered by chuck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on what the adaptation / Alterations is. might be better, might be worse... Im for the later, after all we have already been adapting for many thousands of years.
2006-08-09 18:26:57 · answer #7 · answered by pcreamer2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep on dropping explosives like you are and pretty soon an earthquake so large will destroy everything and then comes the tsunami looks like it is already in the making does it not?
2006-08-09 18:36:26 · answer #8 · answered by vanessa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What like give us gills like in "Waterworld"?
2006-08-09 18:27:00 · answer #9 · answered by mymadsky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋