Sea Creatures and a rant about Kurzweil

      The article entitled "Sea creatures may offer clues to such vexing problems of medical science as paralysis" brings to mind an intriguing question of whether the ability of modern day science to alter the natural world we live in is an ethical option for improving the lives of humans suffering from disease or trauma.  Of course we all want the quality of life for others to be at its greatest potential, however, genetic engineering scares me.  This article is only venturing into the world of genetic splicing and altering genes to take on the traits of other animals but the future of this research leads down a path I personally find disturbing.  The world of Ray Kurzweil and the "Transcendent Man" seems to play out as a horrific culture of futuristic computer brained zombies in my mind.  The idea of merging our consciousness with the world of computers is one I am not looking forward to, or one I see as possible. What we know from our studies in Chinese Medicine shows the human mind and body are more complex and beautiful than a string of lasting memories easily downloaded onto a chip for future implantation. The evolution of our species seems to have an intelligence which outreaches nano technology and its ability to process data inside of our human cells, but maybe I am wrong.  Kurzweil does have about twenty doctorates in "technology stuff" and I can barely use a computer to write a blog so who knows.