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Faster than a speeding bullet,
quicker than a train.

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I want to run as fast as Superman,
or even a cheetah would do.

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A cheetah can run up to 71mph.

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I can hold my own on the M1
at that speed!

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It won't ever happen though.

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It might! Psst!
Tom, it's Julian Savulescu.

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I'm the professor of Practical Ethics
at the University of Oxford.

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It could be possible to run
as fast as a cheetah.

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We've already created
a genetically engineered super mouse

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that can run 5km at the speed of
20 metres a minute.

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Last year we created
a fluorescent human embryo

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by introducing a gene from a jellyfish
into a human embryo.

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If that embryo grew up it would be
a fluorescent human being.

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Whatever genes you see in
the plant or animal kingdom,

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could be introduced to humans.

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We could have bat sonar.

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We could have the vision of a hawk,
the balance of a cat,

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or the longevity of a turtle.

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What about Spider-man then?

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It'd be so cool
to climb up buildings.

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I wouldn't even have to
take the stairs any more.

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Spiders have the ability
to walk upside-down

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across almost any type of surface.

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Do you think we'll ever
be able to do that?

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Well, Tom, you might think that
Spider-Man is a fictional character,

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and of course he ejects a spider web.

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We've already created goats

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that can produce spider webs
in their milk.

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So, maybe one day
we will see spider-men

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swinging from building to building.

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Do you ever think
we'll be part machine?

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I'd quite fancy a sexy,
super intelligent cyborg girlfriend.

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Once I've got my super powers!

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At the moment, Tom, this all looks
a bit like science fiction

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but technology goes
at a really fast rate.

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It may be in our lifetime
that we start to have

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partners that have some
genetic modifications

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or cyborg modifications.

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We already see people with
artificial cochlear implants.

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It sounds too good to be true,
Doctor S, is it?

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Some people think we're messing
too much with the human race

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and this could well lead to disaster
and I think that's true.

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Not only could these powers
enable us to achieve our goals

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and live unparalleled lives,

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we could also wreak
terrible disaster.

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One of the great challenges of
this century is to decide how

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we can limit the use of this
technology for good purposes

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and not annihilate ourselves.

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What about Wolverine?

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Doctor S? Doctor S?

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Doctor S?

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Oh. Maybe not.

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(WHISTLES SUPERMAN THEME)