New at Reason: Ronald Bailey on Cognitive Enhancement and the
Destruction of the Human Race  Oxford University philosophers
Julian Savulescu and Ingmar Persson argue that accelerating
scientific and technological progress by enhancing human
cognitive abilities could enable a morally corrupt
minority—perhaps even a single satanic figure—to destroy the
entire human race. Should technological progress be stopped
until moral progress catches up? Reason Science Correspondent
Ronald Bailey argues that the evidence shows that higher
intelligence has not yet led and will not likely lead to the end
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