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Oh, much of that sounds worthwhile, certainly. I've got doubts about the food cravings (the obesity epidemic is not symptomatic of a human flaw but a cultural one IMO), and the last I heard we weren't 100% sure what the hell the purpose of sleep is. It also sounds a lot easier and less risky to take vitamin supplements than to alter our DNA and risk unknown complications. But I'm not a biochemist or physiologist; I only knew of the back problem out of that list. So I guess I'm not qualified to judge the worthiness of all of those projects.
It's all this "let's grow gills so we can live underwater" crud I have no patience for. I.E. the original topic of this thread. We've got a splendid world here (if we can stop wrecking it), why would we want to live in outer space or on some barren rock? Colonizing other planets strikes me as a silly fantasy. My condemnation of transhumanists sort of diverted us from the original subject.
It's all this "let's grow gills so we can live underwater" crud I have no patience for. I.E. the original topic of this thread. We've got a splendid world here (if we can stop wrecking it), why would we want to live in outer space or on some barren rock? Colonizing other planets strikes me as a silly fantasy. My condemnation of transhumanists sort of diverted us from the original subject.
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