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We won't need to wait for evolution. We'll be engineering the people directly with gene editing.



The genes have already evolved, you're just selecting for them, which doesn't take long.

The rich have access to gene editing. I seriously doubt working class Martians will. And I'm not sure that safe gene editing will get here before Mars colonies do. I could see it going either way. People will try it anyway, and some will win the lottery while others lose.


We already have gene editing. Last week's "60 Minutes" featured a young woman being cured (so far as the doctors can tell) of sickle cell anemia with gene editing.




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