{"id":121731,"date":"2021-04-19T09:22:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T16:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/crispr-can-we-control-it-jennifer-doudna-richard-dawkins-steven-pinker-more-big-think"},"modified":"2021-04-19T09:22:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T16:22:38","slug":"crispr-can-we-control-it-jennifer-doudna-richard-dawkins-steven-pinker-more-big-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/crispr-can-we-control-it-jennifer-doudna-richard-dawkins-steven-pinker-more-big-think","title":{"rendered":"CRISPR: Can we control it? | Jennifer Doudna, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, &amp; more | Big Think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7j-wgfnje4E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>CRISPR: Can we control it?<br \/> Watch the newest video from Big Think: <a href=\"https:\/\/bigth.ink\/NewVideo\">https:\/\/bigth.ink\/NewVideo<\/a>.<br \/> Learn skills from the world\u2019s top minds at Big Think Edge: <a href=\"https:\/\/bigth.ink\/Edge\">https:\/\/bigth.ink\/Edge<\/a>.<br \/> \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/> CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a revolutionary technology that gives scientists the ability to alter DNA. On the one hand, this tool could mean the elimination of certain diseases. On the other, there are concerns (both ethical and practical) about its misuse and the yet-unknown consequences of such experimentation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe technique could be misused in horrible ways,\u201d says counter-terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke lists biological weapons as one of the potential threats, \u201cThreats for which we don\u2019t have any known antidote.\u201d CRISPR co-inventor, biochemist Jennifer Doudna, echos the concern, recounting a nightmare involving the technology, eugenics, and a meeting with Adolf Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>Should humanity even have access to this type of tool? Do the positives outweigh the potential dangers? How could something like this ever be regulated, and should it be? These questions and more are considered by Doudna, Clarke, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, psychologist Steven Pinker, and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee.<br \/> \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<br \/> TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<p>0:41 Jennifer Doudna defines CRISPR<br \/> 3:47 CRISPR\u2019s risks.<br \/> 4:52 Artificial selection vs. artificial mutation.<br \/> 6:25 Why Steven Pinker believes humanity will play it safe.<br \/> 9:20 Lessons from history.<br \/> 10:58 How CRISPR can help.<br \/> 11:22 Jennifer Doudna\u2019s chimeric-Hitler dream.<\/p>\n<p>- Our ability to manipulate genes can be very powerful. It has been very powerful.<\/p>\n<p>- This is going to revolutionize human life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/crispr-can-we-control-it-jennifer-doudna-richard-dawkins-steven-pinker-more-big-think\">Continue reading \u201cCRISPR: Can we control it? | Jennifer Doudna, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, &amp; more | Big Think\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRISPR: Can we control it? Watch the newest video from Big Think: https:\/\/bigth.ink\/NewVideo. Learn skills from the world\u2019s top minds at Big Think Edge: https:\/\/bigth.ink\/Edge. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a revolutionary technology that gives scientists the ability to alter DNA. 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