# Treating Disease Is Not Engineering Hereditary Traits by Bryant McGill > “Editing a patient's blood stem cells to treat genetic disease is not the same proposition as engineering hereditary traits into future children. If ‘CRISPR’ is the only word you know in that sentence, you are not ready for the argument.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Author-supplied exact original:** “Editing a patient's blood stem cells to treat genetic disease is not the same proposition as engineering hereditary traits into future children. If ‘CRISPR’ is the only word you know in that sentence, you are not ready for the argument.” — supplied directly by Bryant McGill for [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic]]. - **Source article:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic]] — Bryant McGill identifies this article as the originating publication for this Reminder. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vaccines, Science, and the Latest Disruption of Biological Clarity from the White House|Vaccines, Science, and Biological Clarity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Editing a patient's blood stem cells to treat genetic disease is not the same proposition as engineering hereditary traits into future children. If ‘CRISPR’ is the only word you know in that sentence, you are not ready for the argument.” — Bryant McGill, The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-treating-disease-is-not-engineering-hereditary-traits ```