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     6 years ago 

    Knowing where, is not knowing what.

    And, i really mean that anyone who believes in KRISPER doesn't have any idea about DNA.
    The best that anyone could say, is that KRISPER is like using an axe to do fine jewellery work.
    My statement would be, "its like trying to use an axe to help a tree grow big and strong", just doesn't work.

    Its like the disease (germ) model we believe in these days.
    We believe the germs are the cause of disease, when they are only the intermediary.
    If you look up Pasteur vs the other doctor he worked with (can't remember his name)
    but Pasteur said, if we say that germs cause sickness, we can sell lots of medicine and make lots of money.
    On his death bed, Pasteur said the other guy was right.

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     6 years ago 

    My friend, Imma be kind, and merely say that CRISPR actually works to achieve genetic changes in organisms that attain the intended results. It's not that genetics is a completely explored field. You can't just learn it by rote. The vast majority of the uses to which genetics can be put are yet to be understood. You are right that it's presently like using an axe to do fine detail work.

    That doesn't mean it doesn't work. I have done cabinetry with a chainsaw. Sometimes all you need is crude understanding to achieve what you set out to do.

    However, until the use of an axe is grasped better tools aren't possible - because the limitations of the axe aren't known, and what might be more desirable for specific purposes can't be conceived. The fact is that bioengineering is going to become the most transformative industry the world has ever known. It will affect you personally, if it already hasn't (protip: it has).

    Just because understanding isn't complete doesn't mean it isn't valid.

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     6 years ago 

    "...understanding isn't complete..."

    So true! One would expire forthwith holding their breath waiting for complete understanding in many arenas.

    I'd rather tie the scattered scraps of understanding together into a rickety raft expecting the rocky and roaring white rapids of this world will beat it to bits than to forever sit on the shore or be shocked when my boat inevitably crumbles.