Davos 2009 IdeasLab - Julian Savulescu

http://www.weforum.org 29.01.2009
IdeasLab with Oxford University
Systemic thinking and collaborative innovation are in short supply around the world.
Join Oxford University in the IdeasLab for a holistic and creative look at global issues by exploring new concepts and policies for the 21st century.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• World
• Economic
• Forum
• Annual
• Meeting
• 2008
• WEF
• Davos
• davos09
• Switzerland
• Angela
• McLean
• Healthcare
• solutions
• IdeasLab
• with
• Oxford
• university

[SalientK]

@BlackScorpionSkull Yes, we should halt all scientific progress because BlackScorpionSkull can't afford a decent car.

[mike93345]

@BlackScorpionSkull Idiot. You're making a generalization about Science as a whole. It's people like you who would support killing a percentage of the population (racists / prejudice).

[mike93345]

@BlackScorpionSkull Idiot.. You're making a generalization about Science as a whole. It's people like you who would support killing a percentage of the population (racists / prejudice).

[BlackScorpionSkull]

@Keim4ever Yeah, the lobotomies, sterilizations and nuclear weapons have really made this world a better place. The only thing a scientist cares about is money and killing a percentage of the human population.

[Keim4ever]

@BlackScorpionSkull Your calling scientists who are working to improve human capability cunts? Seriously, scientists are the only people who are truly making this world a better place.

[BlackScorpionSkull]

Science can't even build a decent car and they want to bio-engineer humans. Build me a decent vehicle first you cunts. And yeah, creating a race of humans smarter, faster and stronger is a reeeeally smart idea. Hope you all enjoy living like slaves to our new masters.

[omega4chimp]

reasearch vitamin a overdose you can get a bigger skull if you have alot of vitmin a.

[STEPHENWRAYSFORD33]

The application of Eugenic technology, if used correctly, could provide humanity with a great tool to improve the condition of the human species. Intelligence, fitness, health and beauty could all, in theory be enhanced in populations.

[Air420]

Transhumanismo o muerte.

[totodyal]

I think people need to realize that the reason why humans have reached the point we're at is because we've always did self evolution even before we created this term, before we banned certain medical practices because of the side-effects. This ban is the reason why we eventually stopped evolving.

But today we are able to do these things in a scientific manner where the side effects are safer and more controlled.

I say we go for it.