Scientia est potentia

Let us expunge involuntary pain (suffering) and death through science and technology. Let us become masters of our own evolution.

We stand at a turning point in human progress. We have cracked the genetic code; translated the book of life. We will soon possess the ability to become designers of our own evolution. There will be opposition from those who call for the abandonment of progress in subservience to nature. Let us not turn back now through fear. Let me remind all of the dangers of magical thinking. We have scarcely begun to climb from the dark pit of our species' evolution. Let us not slide backward into oblivion, just as we have finally begun to see the light. As reasoning freed us from the chains of superstition, let science free us from the chains of death and suffering.

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