Prediction Of The Race Of Superhumans By Stephen Hawking!!

Physicists reveal that genetic editing may create or evolve species that that could collapse the rest of humanity.

The late physicist and narrator Prof Stephen Hawking has caused controversy by suggesting a new race of superhumans could develop from wealthy people choosing to edit their and their children’s DNA.

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking, the author of "A Brief History of Time", who died in March, made the predictions in a collection of articles and essays.

The scientist presented the possibility that genetic engineering could create a new species of superhumans that could destroy the rest of humanity. The articles published in the Sunday Times, were written in preparation for a book that will be published on Tuesday.

“I am sure that during this century, people will discover how to modify both intelligence and instincts such as aggression,” Hawking 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.”

In Brief Answers to the Big Questions, Hawking’s final thoughts on the universe, the physicist suggested wealthy people would soon be able to choose to edit genetic makeup to create superhumans with intelligence, enhanced memory, disease resistance and longevity.

Hawking raised the prospect that revolutions in genetics will make it attractive and fascinating for people to try to improve themselves, with implications for “unimproved humans”.

“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.”

Crispr-Cas9, a DNA-editing system that was invented six years ago.This allows scientists to modify harmful genes or add new ones.

Brief summary of Crispr-Cas9:

Gene editing

Crispr-Cas9 is a genome editing tool that is creating a buzz in the science world.It is faster,cheaper and more accurate than previous techniques of editing DNA and has a wide range of potential applications.Crispr-Cas9 is a unique technology that helps to edit the parts of the genome by removing,adding or altering some sections of the DNA sequence.Currently it is the most simplest,most versatile and precise technique of genetic manipulations and is therefore causing a craze in the science world.