In article <518812340wnr at longevb.demon.co.uk>,
John de Rivaz <John at longevb.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>I have been asked to gather information on attitudes of optimism and
>resistance to life extension by genetic programming.
Current attitudes seem somewhat negative in regards to genetic programming
for any purpose, but I think these are changing. There is much research on
genetic programming for curing diseases, and this seems acceptable to everyone
except the most radical fringe. Once you are using it for disease prevention,
I think it is only a small step (attitude-wise) to using it for life-extension.
There may always be dislike of genetic programming for cosmetic or "designer
kid" purposes, but life-extension is serious enough and simular enough to
curing a life-threatening disease that it will probably be acceptable.
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