I was interviewing a doctor, a scientist who is an expert in precision medicine – a new way of doing medicine that identifies the causes of disease with much more precision than before, using medication which will bring about a genetic change that will ultimately lead to cure – and it was a fascinating talk. She told me about how the medical community sees the future of mankind and how it is widely believed that during this millennium mankind will …
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When I saw Blade Runner (by Ridley Scott) back in 1982, 2019 was almost forty years away, and at 19 no one seriously thinks of how it will be in our fifties – what a nightmare it would be! In fact, it has often been said that man’s worst nightmare would be to know his future, the date of his death; still, we keep “peeping” into the future and trying to guess, if not that fateful day, at least a …
