Authors: fkarg (my blog), crtltab, wilm Backstory and Intentions In October 2020, wilm moved to Karlsruhe and was disappointed by the lack of a local LessWrong community. In order to change this, he reached out to fkarg and together they decide to try to establish a LW Meetup Group in...

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Genetic Engineering: How would you change your DNA?

Recently, genetic engineering and related disciplines gained fame through capacities granted by gene therapy. It appears that it should be possible to fully and freely modify our own genome at some point, maybe even within the next ten years. So I was wondering — if we could change our genome,...

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Starting a Rationalist Meetup during Lockdown

Authors: fkarg (my blog), crtltab, wilm Backstory and Intentions In October 2020, wilm moved to Karlsruhe and was disappointed by the lack of a local LessWrong community. In order to change this, he reached out to fkarg and together they decide to try to establish a LW Meetup Group in...

May 25, 202129

Genetic Engineering: How would you change your DNA?

Recently, genetic engineering and related disciplines gained fame through capacities granted by gene therapy. It appears that it should be possible to fully and freely modify our own genome at some point, maybe even within the next ten years. So I was wondering — if we could change our genome,...

Jan 14, 20212