Hello monty and All, Good question ....
My grandmother told me at a young age ... "Neal ...... People are no damn good! ..... And don't you forget it!"
And while there is some truth in that ... I like to start in a different place.
monty writes in part:
"What do you think about your peers there nealhe, just the outliers doing their thing?? "
Possibly not ..... and anybody at any age doing something at the extreme of the normal distribution is going to be suspect these days ... and to protect their achievement need to do what is reqired to insure it is regarded as legitimate .... including testing for drugs and other illegal modifications and insuring accurate measurments.
I post some to those efforts as inspiration to everyone .... myself included .... to know that it is possible to still make good efforts across the aging spectrum ..... as noted elsewhere Slowtwitch is aging ....
we all need to keep on keeping on ....
Anything is possible .....
Innocent until proven guilty ....
Drug test the pointy end .....
In God we trust .... all others bring data ......
And while a bit Pollyanna and naive on my part .... I work at having a 'fresh eye'.
We need to enjoy this window of time we live in .... rate of change seems to be accelerating ....
I support diligent testing for drugs and other human modifications outside the rules and go my happy way .... life is short ..... especially from my viewpoint.
https://www.news.com.au/...b6fae53abaaa326e61c2 Excerpt:
"THE late Stephen Hawking believed advances in genetic science would lead to a future generation of superhumans that could ultimately destroy the rest of humanity.
In newly published writings, Dr Hawking suggested an elite class of physically and intellectually powerful humans could arise from rich people choosing to edit their DNA and manipulating their children’s genetic makeup.
“I am sure that during this century, people will discover how to modify both intelligence and instincts such as aggression,” he wrote.
“Laws will probably be passed against genetic engineering with humans. But some people won’t be able to resist the temptation to improve human characteristics, such as memory, resistance to disease and length of life.”
The renowned theoretical physicist, who died in March this year, made the grim prediction in a collection of essays and articles recently published by the UK’s
Sunday Times, prior to the release of a book containing a collection of writings by Dr Hawking.
Those without the means will become relegated to a sub-class of “unimproved humans,” he suggests in
Brief Answers To The Big Questions due out this week. The wealthy who have power and access could tweak their genome to boost strength, memory and disease resistance.
This two-tier system of humans, Dr Hawking predicted, could have grave social consequences.
“Once such superhumans appear, there will be significant political problems with unimproved humans, who won’t be able to compete,” he wrote. “Presumably, they will die out, or become unimportant. Instead, there will be a race of self-designing beings who are improving at an ever-increasing rate."
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It is worth noting that Dr. Hawkings predictions are not something new for Spaceship Earth.
Wiki:
"Neanderthals were a separate species from modern humans, and became extinct (because of
climate change or interaction with modern humans) and were replaced by modern humans moving into their habitat between 45,000 and 40,000 years ago."
What do you think?
Cheers, Neal
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