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Human Nature

I ended up havingseveral dreams that were very intensefor me at the time, where I walked...

I ended up having
several dreams that were very intense
for me at the time, where I walked into a room
and a colleague said, "I want to introduce you
to someone, "and I want you to tell them--
they want to-- they want to know
about CRISPR." And I walked into this room,
and it was-- there was
a silhouette of a chair with someone sitting
with their back to me, and as they turned around,
I realized with horror that it was Adolf Hitler,
you know?

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-I ended up having several dreams
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that were very intense for me at the time,
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where I walked into a room and a colleague said,
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"I want to introduce you to someone,
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"and I want you to tell them-- they want to--
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they want to know about CRISPR."
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And I walked into this room, and it was--
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there was a silhouette of a chair
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with someone sitting with their back to me,
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and as they turned around, I realized with horror
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that it was Adolf Hitler, you know?
Duration
28 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:43
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Sandbox Films,News and Guts Films,The Wonder Collaborative

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Movie Summary

A breakthrough called CRISPR opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. A provocative exploration of its far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it
And he leaned over, and he said, - Human Nature 00:09
And he leaned over, and he said,
I remember waking up from that dream - Human Nature 00:06
I remember waking up from that dream
5 1/2 years ago, it was recognized that - Human Nature 00:14
5 1/2 years ago, it was recognized that
The Cas9 protein is gonna make the cut in the DNA. - Human Nature 00:05
The Cas9 protein is gonna make the cut in the DNA.
We are correcting the sickle mutation - Human Nature 00:07
We are correcting the sickle mutation
So if it's a woman, their eggs are not corrected. - Human Nature 00:04
So if it's a woman, their eggs are not corrected.
That change will not get passed along to future generations. - Human Nature 00:04
That change will not get passed along to future generations.
So they will be cured, - Human Nature 00:05
So they will be cured,
Now we need to give the cell another piece of DNA, - Human Nature 00:10
Now we need to give the cell another piece of DNA,
So why not just do it so that the disease gene - Human Nature 00:07
So why not just do it so that the disease gene
And there's some people out there who think - Human Nature 00:04
And there's some people out there who think
But we may be creating things - Human Nature 00:07
But we may be creating things
-When we engineer gene changes - Human Nature 00:19
-When we engineer gene changes
They're part of what we call, "the germ line." - Human Nature 00:10
They're part of what we call, "the germ line."...
They're passed to his son and forever. - Human Nature 00:05
They're passed to his son and forever.
My colleagues and I wrote a fairly strongly worded piece - Human Nature 00:20
My colleagues and I wrote a fairly strongly worded piece
Don't use edited sperm and eggs to make human embryos, - Human Nature 00:05
Don't use edited sperm and eggs to make human embryos,
We must understand that - Human Nature 00:10
We must understand that
The debate that's being had - Human Nature 00:06
The debate that's being had
Should you be allowed to make - Human Nature 00:09
Should you be allowed to make