I have been arguing at length that modern science is too complex that we have to worry that single weired professors could create inpredicatable “Frankensteins”. But read today’s newspapers: Harvard Professor, geneticist Church is serious about having an “adventurous woman” give birth to a Neanderthaler. He has “understanding” for ethical issues involved, but as always, it will pay off for humanity! And after all, the Neanderthaler may well be more intelligent than the casual homo sapiens.
See for a full interview with Professor Church based at Harvard in the recent interview with “Der Spiegel”-english version
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/george-church-explains-how-dna-will-be-construction-material-of-the-future-a-877634.html
About Rene von Schomberg
Dr. Dr.phil. RENE VON SCHOMBERG is a philosopher and a STS specialist. He is Senior Research Fellow at Käte Hamburger Kolleg Aachen: Cultures of Research, RWTH Aachen University, Germany and Guest Professor, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany;
Former Official of the European Commission. He holds Ph.D's from the University of Twente (NL) (Science and Technology Studies) and J.W.Goethe University in Frankfurt (Philosophy). He has been a European Union Fellow at George Mason University, USA in 2007 and has been with the European Commission from 1998 till December 2021. He is author/co-editor of 14 books. In july 2019, the 'International Handbook on Responsible Innovation. A global resource' was published. The book brings together the work of 60 leading authors from various discplines and geographic locations.
He is running a blog: https://renevonschomberg.wordpress.com
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