What If...?
CRISPR and the Gene Revolution
Calibrated speculation ~50/50 — with strict operational uplift limits throughout.
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Learning Material
5 pagesLesson 10 — What If...?
Understanding the Complex: CRISPR and the Gene Revolution
As of May 2026
Everything so far in this course has been about what we know or what researchers are actively working on. This lesson is different. Here we ask: if certain things go well — or badly — what opens up, or what goes wrong? These aren't predictions. They're scenarios worth thinking through. Hold them more loosely than everything that came before. But take them seriously.