Why would you not have a robot that looks like Abraham Lincoln? Why would it look like an erector set? Why use a computer with a punchcard, when you could use one with a touch pen on the screen? Why a car, when you could use a jetpack? George M. Church abrahamcarcomputer share on social
It's all too easy to dismiss the future. People confuse what's impossible today with what's impossible tomorrow. George M. Church confusedismisseasy Change image and share on social
The World Wide Web went from zero to millions of web pages in a few years. Many revolutions look irrelevant just before they change everything swiftly. George M. Church changeirrelevantmillion Change image and share on social
I would argue that we're not limited by actual DNA. You can re-create the ancient DNA by looking at the genomes of existing animals. George M. Church actualancientanimal Change image and share on social
The goal of reanimation research is not to make perfect living copies of extinct organisms, nor is it meant to be a one-off stunt in a laboratory or zoo. Reanimation is about leveraging the best of ancient and synthetic DNA. George M. Church ancientcopydna share on social
I'll drop something for a while, a year or maybe several years, and then pick it up again. I think that's the way successful innovators work. They keep juggling ideas, keeping them in the air, in the back of their mind, to inspire them or enable new recombinations. George M. Church airbackdrop share on social
Clearly, we are a species that is well connected to other species. Whether or not we evolve from them, we are certainly very closely related to them. A series of mutations could change us into all kinds of intermediate species. Whether or not those intermediate species are provably in the past, they could easily be in our future. George M. Church changecloselyconnect share on social
There are a few genetic traits that make people feel sorry for you, and there are some, like narcolepsy, at which people take personal offense unless you tell them in advance. George M. Church advancefeelgenetic Change image and share on social
The rewards for biotechnology are tremendous - to solve disease, eliminate poverty, age gracefully. It sounds so much cooler than Facebook. George M. Church agebiotechnologycool Change image and share on social