Announcer :   George Rothacker is not a scientist. He is an artist, designer and writer who is fascinated with technology and questions about humankind. In 2025, he created the Augmented Artisans site to provide assistance for himself and others in gaining a better understanding of the future of humanity. The following topic, gene modification, has been an area of study that has continued to be a motivator for George’s books and stories, and which was most recently stimulated by a segment of the news show, 60 Minutes. The story   focused on an English couple who conceived seven biological children, all of whom have become virtuoso musicians. The story was followed this past week by a   viewing of the new Netflix documentary, Queen of Chess, about Judit Polgar, an Hungarian teenager who became the first female grandmaster of   the game of chess, and was one of three daughters of László Polgar who all became chess champions. The motivation of their father and his drac...