313. Matthew Cobb As Gods: A Moral History of the Genetic Age
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Shermer and Cobb discuss: objections to genetic engineering (political, religious, cultural) \\u2022 selective breeding \\u2022 recombinant DNA \\u2022 the ethics of genetics \\u2022 patenting life \\u2022 gene therapy \\u2022 gene editing \\u2022 CRISPR \\u2022 literature and films on the dangers of genetic engineering \\u2022 bioweapons \\u2022 3 Laws of Behavior Genetics and what people fear about it.
Matthew Cobb is a professor in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester. He is the author of six books: The Idea of the Brain: A History; Life\\u2019s Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code; Generation; The Resistance: The French Fight Against the Nazis; Eleven Days in August: The Liberation of Paris in 1944; and Smell: A Very Short Introduction. He lives in England.
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