313. Matthew Cobb — As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age
The Michael Shermer Show
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What's Next for Crick and Watson?
WHO has just approved a vaccine against malaria, which has 80% efficacy. If there's no malaria parasites in people, the mosquitoes can't transmit it because they emerge without the parasite. So if you've lowered the amount of malaria through vaccination, this looks like we can do. We can play gods in the right way. Michael Bociurki: I'm writing a biography of Francis Crick and... You are? Oh my God. He went from physics to biology to consciousness. That's why I wanted to write the book.
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