標(biāo)題: 霍金生前最后擔(dān)憂：超級(jí)富豪操縱DNA或毀滅人類 [打印本頁(yè)] 作者: 淡酒微醉 時(shí)間: 2018-10-17 16:38 標(biāo)題: 霍金生前最后擔(dān)憂：超級(jí)富豪操縱DNA或毀滅人類 Stephen Hawking's final fear revealed - a terrifying master race of superhumans
Stephen Hawking's final fear was that DNA manipulation would lead to a master race of superhumans, it has been revealed.
據(jù)披露,，斯蒂芬·霍金最后的擔(dān)憂是：操縱DNA將催生超級(jí)人類優(yōu)等種族。
The physicist, who died in March aged 76, thought the development could destroy the rest of humanity.
已故物理學(xué)家霍金認(rèn)為這一發(fā)展趨勢(shì)可能毀滅人類,�,；艚鹩诮衲耆氯ナ溃砟�76歲,。
His last prediction is revealed in a new book of his collected articles and essays called Brief Answers to Big Questions.
最近出版的霍金文集《重大問(wèn)題簡(jiǎn)答》一書披露了他的最后預(yù)言,。
He feared rich people would soon be able to edit their children's DNA to improve attributes like memory and disease immunity.
他擔(dān)心，過(guò)不了多久,，富人將能夠編輯子女的DNA,，提高其記憶力和疾病免疫力。
And he said that would pose a crisis for the rest of the world even if politicians tried to outlaw the practise.
他還說(shuō),，即使政治家設(shè)法用法律禁止這種做法,，它仍將對(duì)其他人群帶來(lái)危機(jī)。
In an extract published by The Sunday Times , he wrote: "I am sure that during this century people will discover how to modify both intelligence and instincts such as aggression.
在《星期日泰晤士報(bào)》發(fā)表的一篇文章節(jié)選中,，霍金寫道：“我敢肯定本世紀(jì)之內(nèi)人們將找到改變智力和攻擊性等天性的辦法,。”
"Laws will probably be passed against genetic engineering with humans. But some people won't be able to resist the temptation to improve human characteristics, such as memory, resistance to disease and length of life."
“人們可能會(huì)制定法律禁止人類基因工程,。但是,，有人肯定抵制不了誘惑，想要改進(jìn)一些人類特征,，比如,，記憶力、疾病抵抗力和壽命,�,！�
And he said that would cause huge problems for humans who have not undergone the same process, leaving them unable to compete.
他表示，這將給未修改基因的人帶來(lái)嚴(yán)重問(wèn)題,，導(dǎo)致他們沒(méi)有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力,。
The professor even warned it could lead to the extinction of humanity as we know it.
霍金甚至警告說(shuō)，這可能導(dǎo)致我們所認(rèn)知的人類走向滅絕,。
He said of normal humans: "Presumably they will die out, or become unimportant.
他談到普通人是說(shuō)：“他們可能會(huì)絕種,，或變得可有可無(wú)�,！�
"Instead, there will be a race of self-designing beings who are improving at an ever-increasing rate."
“取而代之的是一種不斷加速改進(jìn)的自主設(shè)計(jì)人類,。”
The Brief History of Time author also refers to techniques like Crispr, which enables scientists to modify harmful genes and add in others.
霍金，《時(shí)間簡(jiǎn)史》的作者,，還提到了相關(guān)基因編輯方法，比如“規(guī)律成簇間隔短回文重復(fù)系統(tǒng)（Crispr）”,，科學(xué)家可以借此修復(fù)有害基因并加入其它基因,。
And although such procedures could be a boost for medical science, some critics are concerned they could lead to a eugenics-style movement, where the weak are weeded out of society.
盡管這類方法可能促進(jìn)醫(yī)學(xué)發(fā)展，但是一些批評(píng)者擔(dān)心它也可能導(dǎo)致優(yōu)生學(xué)式的運(yùn)動(dòng),，弱勢(shì)群體將被社會(huì)淘汰,。
The new book, published by Hodder & Stoughton on Tuesday, also collects his writings on what he thought were the big questions facing science and wider society.
新書還收集了霍金的其它文章，涉及他對(duì)科學(xué)與廣義社會(huì)所面臨的重大問(wèn)題的思考,。這本書由霍德&斯托頓出版公司于10月9日出版,。
In it, he examines whether aliens exist, how to colonize space and whether humans will ever go beyond our Solar System.
他在書中探究了外星人是否存在，如何開(kāi)拓太空殖民地以及人類最終是否能夠走出太陽(yáng)系,。
