The cutting-edge technologies, that could be helpful in improving the outer limits of human abilities are expected to be available soon in the market. These enhancements would be able making the people’s minds and capabilities healthier and stronger even before. A huge test meant for testing the people’s attitude towards the potential future biomedical technologies. Many people from the United States are more worried than excited about the prospect of the scientific advances such as the brain chip implants and the gene editing.
In Washington DC The Pew Research Center asked nearly about 4,726 US people regarding the potential uses of the three biomedical advances, that is later classified as the potential human enhancement and some gene editing to reduce the risk of diseases in babies; brain implants are used for improving the concentration and the brain processings. The transfusions of the synthetic blood help in improving strength and stamina. However, none of these procedures are real but are being demonstrated and researched.
Many of the general public expected a continuation in the technological and scientific innovations. Speaking broadly: it was all meant for bringing a helpful change in the society. The survey was help for examining the public attitude and the potential of using the three latest emerging technologies. Still, when people were queried regarding these emerging technologies for the human enhancement, their attitudes were not nearly affirming.
On the other hand, those who took this survey violently wary about all of the ideas. And in most of the cases, more than 60% people said that they would be worried about the technologies and lesser than half have expressed their excitement about the technologies- with the prospect of the brain implants that are prompting the most concern and the least excitement.
More than 70% of people thought that the procedures would become available before they were well understood or are officially deemed safe. Around a one-third of people thought that the technologies are going to be morally acceptable and on the other hand, around 70% of people were concerned that such enhancements could be helpful in widening the social divides- as initially, only the people with good bucks in their pockets would be able to afford them.
Moreover, the respondents were not generally able to get familiar with these ideas for enhancements; where only around 38% have heard about the topic of brain implants and nearly about 22% have heard about the concept of synthetic blood. However, the gene editing was much more familiar and around 57% of people have heard and read about it.
Out of all those people who have heard and read about gene editing, more than half of the crowd said that they would want this for their babies. On the other hand, those who would not be interested in gene editing were around 37%.
Out of the survey’s result several patterns that were surrounding the Americans’ wariness about these developments. Although, there are strong differences in the opinions about these developments that depends on how religious people are. Generally, the most religious people are the one who worries the most about the potential enhancements. On the other hand, Americans who have lower levels of religious consent are much more likely to see the potential use of these techniques.
Moreover, many people believe that the technologies that would be able of bringing some more dramatic or the extreme changes to the human abilities are less likely to be acceptable than the technologies that cause lesser dramatic or the temporary changes. At last, it was found that there are similarities between Americans that think about these potential advances and their attitudes towards the kind of enhancements.