RE: Cybernectics vs Genetic Engineering
July 8, 2013 at 6:06 pm
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2013 at 6:11 pm by Anomalocaris.)
For the near future, it appears to me human genetic engineering have more potential to better address a more diverse range of life threatening issues. So I think the total revenue involved in human genetic engineering will be larger.
In the long run, obviously cybernetics has much more potential because its capabilities are not coupled to the intrinsic limitation of biochemistry and the working of genetic mechanisms of life. So eventually the impact of ybernetics on the society will overwhelm that of genetic engineering.
If we postulate cybernetics will also develop along nanotechnology lines, then I think it is reasonable to suppose the line between genetic engineering and cybernetics will blur, as nano machines might be used to directly interfere and manipulate celluar protein synthesis (ie the other important role of genes besides heritability of biological traits) in real time to achieve the desired cyberno-genetic results.
In the long run, obviously cybernetics has much more potential because its capabilities are not coupled to the intrinsic limitation of biochemistry and the working of genetic mechanisms of life. So eventually the impact of ybernetics on the society will overwhelm that of genetic engineering.
If we postulate cybernetics will also develop along nanotechnology lines, then I think it is reasonable to suppose the line between genetic engineering and cybernetics will blur, as nano machines might be used to directly interfere and manipulate celluar protein synthesis (ie the other important role of genes besides heritability of biological traits) in real time to achieve the desired cyberno-genetic results.
