Dis 'n Dat with Freeman Dyson

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http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2...son/print.html

Our rosy future, according to Freeman Dyson

Climate change is nothing to worry about, says the eminent
physicist. Let's celebrate genetic engineering and our ability to design a new world of plants and creatures.

By Onnesha Roychoudhuri

Sep. 29, 2007 | In his new collection of essays, "A Many-Colored Glass," renowned physicist Freeman Dyson turns his thoughts to do-it-yourself biotech and breeding one's own pet lizard, the fallacies of global warming science, science fiction (with a tip of the hat to recently departed Madeleine L'Engle) and the importance of biology to the future of religion. To Dyson, a deeper understanding of the
human brain means a better understanding of theology and perhaps more tolerance for those with different beliefs.

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I think he's more or less right about how we'll adapt in the coming years. His comments on religion strike me as cowardly otoh.