BIOHACKING - more human than human

BIOHACKING
a technoprogressive movement advocating open access to genetic information. Biopunk hobbyists or biohackers experiment with DNA and other aspects of genetics.

From  biohack.sourceforge.net...

"Join the fight against cancer, against all sorts of disease! Or would you rather see some glowing bacterium, get your own ecoli farm set up to amaze your friends? This open, free synthetic biology kit contains all sorts of information from across the web on how to do it: how to extract and amplify DNA, cloning techniques, making DNA by what's known as oligonucleotides, and all sorts of other tutorials and documents on techniques in genetic engineering, tissue engineering, synbio (synthetic biology), stem cell research, SCNT, evolutionary engineering, bioinformatics, etc. And since the project is open, it's free for you to revise or share your experiences, or even share your genes (got anything cool?). The more eyes, the better-- you can't ignore these awesome possibilities (or even the not-so-cool ones)"

And we aren't talking about the future...scientists are already experimenting with biohacking.

..."using a laptop computer, published gene sequence information, and mail-order synthetic DNA—just about anyone has the potential to construct genes or entire genomes from scratch (including those of the lethal pathogens) in the near-future... the danger of this development is not just bio-terror, but "bio-error".

=Pat Mooney, executive director of ETC Group

sO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE FUTURE ?

Well, for one, this means we may be able to not only control/wipeout disease, grow limbs, change eye color, remove or alter not only body parts but adjust the way the brain works...the list is endless.

Will we be able to construct the prefect human?

In the long run, yes. Scientists will be able to adjust DNA and eventually create a race of humans far superior then anything we could ever imagine. Not only could humans increase strength and brain power but also future biohack humans may be immortal
or "cheat death"...

Scientists have been figuring out the genetics of turtles too. Why turtles? because something in their genes make turtles stop aging at a certain point in their lives, Its disease or predators that usually wipe them out. So by studying turtles, scientists make also be able to stop us from aging using biohacking.

SHOULD we construct the perfect human?

Short answer...no.

Things such as...

Overpopulation
Starvation
Pollution
Destruction of Ecosystems

...will only get worse within a race of humans that are nearly indestructible.

There are upsides also but...
are they worth it?