[extropy-chat] Hazard a guess?

[Mark Walker]

A point sometimes made (probably not enough) is that trying to stop emerging
technologies is no easy task. It is certainly not like trying to stop the
proliferation of nuclear weapons technology. Nuclear technology leaves a big
footprint in terms of industrial infrastructure, genetically altering a
human zygote, in contrast, could be done on a much smaller scale. So here's
the thought: what is the minimum in terms of financial resources that one
would need to spend to set-up a biological for genetically altering human
zygotes? How big would the lab have to be? How many people involved? Where
would you set-up and hide such a lab? How small could the footprint be?

Cheers,

Mark

Dr. Mark Walker
Department of Philosophy
University Hall 310
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1
Canada