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The prospect of a world without romance, in which relationships between people who love each other give way to liaisons with computer-generated cyberdates, has been advanced by Britain's best-known female scientist. Susan Greenfield, who separated from her husband last month after 12 years of marriage, suggested that advances in technology would one day enable anyone, of whatever age or sexual orientation, to become a parent in a bland society of individuals who would get on better with a computer than another person.
Speaking at the Cheltenham Festival of Science, the Oxford neuroscientist described the fate of human individuality and relationships in a future where direct modifications can be made to the brain.
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The prospect of a world without romance, in which relationships between people who love each other give way to liaisons with computer-generated cyberdates, has been advanced by Britain's best-known female scientist. Susan Greenfield, who separated from her husband last month after 12 years of marriage, suggested that advances in technology would one day enable anyone, of whatever age or sexual orientation, to become a parent in a bland society of individuals who would get on better with a computer than another person.
Speaking at the Cheltenham Festival of Science, the Oxford neuroscientist described the fate of human individuality and relationships in a future where direct modifications can be made to the brain.
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