"MM" == ManhattanMan writes:

MM Bob Fry wrote:
So a hundred years from now humankind--at least the fraction
that can pay for these engineered changes...will be much
changed, and only superficially similar to who we are now.


MM I really doubt if humankind is much different today, than a
MM century ago, two centuries, or three centuries,

Not even from a few thousand years ago...evolution needing more
generations than that to work. But so what? I'm talking about
deliberately engineered changes to DNA, not natural selection.

My guess is at that point, our much smarter selves will have
gone way beyond visiting moons or planets in this solar system,
and may be beyond physical bodies for intelligence anyway. But
assuming we are still in physical containers of some sort, we
might well be searching other stars. The solar system will
seem pretty old hat.

MM Our much smarter technosavy selves, has yet to go out of body,
MM at least until the hit wears off, so could you expand on where
MM this increased 'awareness' is derived from?

Engineered genetic changes. Not "awareness". Where did that quote
come from?

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If I ever went to war, instead of throwing a grenade, I'd throw
one of those small pumpkins. Then maybe my enemy would pick up
the pumpkin and think about the futility of war. And that would
give me the time I need to hit him with a real grenade.
- Jack Handey