Wesley J Smith--Libertarian Transhumanism: Treating Future Humanity Like Play Doh

Sometimes, I cannot believe how close we are in this day, to being like those building the Tower of Babel, and when God Himself will say "ENOUGH, ALREADY!"

Wesley concludes:

Genetic tinkering of the sort described by Cavanaugh wouldn’t be evolution–at least in the sense of an undirected process of species change and improvement via natural selection trial and error. Rather, we might label the idea wicked intelligent design, or more accurately, unintelligent design, since we aren’t smart enough–and more importantly, wise enough–to even begin to play the game of “Let’s Make a New Species.” And even if we were, it would be wrong to experiment with the lives, health, psyches, genomes, and well being of other people.

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