Tripitaka comments on Stupid Questions, December 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 04 December 2015 03:03:38AM *  2 points [-]

I'm not a biologist, but am I right in thinking that Crispr could be the most important human innovation ever? This Wired article claims that a knowledgeable scientists thinks that the "off-target mutations are already a solved problem." Within a decade we should know a lot about the genetic basis of intelligence. Wouldn't it then probably be easy to create embryos that give birth to extremely smart people, far smarter than have ever existed?

Comment author: Tripitaka 17 December 2015 02:11:23PM 2 points [-]

Bit late but Aubrey de Grey in his latest reddit AMA estimates that Crispr/CAS9 cuts off about 20 (!) years of the SENS/immortality timeline.

Comment author: James_Miller 17 December 2015 07:35:34PM 1 point [-]

As a man approaching 50, I desperately hope this is true.

Comment author: Tripitaka 18 December 2015 12:34:38PM 2 points [-]

Unfortunately I have to retract my above statement, I checked https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3fri9a/ask_aubrey_de_grey_anything/ .

Q:Does it speed up the development timeline at all? A:Aubrey de Grey, SENS[S]: A lot, yes.

No concrete timeframe, but he also gives estimates:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/3fri9a/ask_aubrey_de_grey_anything/ctr90ru

Seems as if he gives a 50yo has about 50% chance to be around when SENS comes.