A tool so dangerous and powerful that scientists consider it worthy of banning is a tool that governments will continue to work on regardless of the general scientific community's feelings. So the only question remains is if we want this tool to be understood and used by all or only those in power.
Regardless of the morality of it, the U.S. government will probably work on creating super-intelligent humans for national security and defense reasons.
I'd actually be surprised if they haven't started doing this many years ago, and it's top-secret.
What you're suggesting is a sort of Manhattan Project for genetics. I don't think it's entirely impossible, but I do think that the scope of the project would be so great that it would be especially difficult to accomplish in a vacuum.
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A tool so dangerous and powerful that scientists consider it worthy of banning is a tool that governments will continue to work on regardless of the general scientific community's feelings. So the only question remains is if we want this tool to be understood and used by all or only those in power.
This is true.
Regardless of the morality of it, the U.S. government will probably work on creating super-intelligent humans for national security and defense reasons.
I'd actually be surprised if they haven't started doing this many years ago, and it's top-secret.
What you're suggesting is a sort of Manhattan Project for genetics. I don't think it's entirely impossible, but I do think that the scope of the project would be so great that it would be especially difficult to accomplish in a vacuum.