Enter, the Cybrids - Olivia Judson - Evolution - Opinion - New York Times BlogFirst Faved : May 21 2008 by ericFaved : 1 time with noteViewed : 17 timesFave It!
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- eric - May 21 2008 | research, science, technology, ethics, Olivia Judson
A clearly written exploration of the science behind newly passed British legislation allowing for the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos (under specific conditions).
Quoted: Birth, life, death and extinction: an evolutionary biologist's guide to natural selection.
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Cool. I find it funny that they are using the term 'cybrid'. I'm reading the Hyperion book series by Dan Simmons (it won the 1989 Hugo). He calls one of his main characters a cybrid. The cybrid is a Human AI hybrid; genetically human with the mind of an AI.