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From the Ted Talk by Juan Enriquez: The next species of human

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And the same thing is happening in eyes. This is a group in geanrmy that's beginning to engineer eyes so that people who are blind can begin to see lghit and dark. Very primitive. And then they'll be able to see shape. And then they'll be able to see color, and then they'll be able to see in dfiotneiin, and one day, they'll see as well as you and I can. And a couple of years after that, they'll be able to see in ultraviolet, they'll be able to see in infrared, they'll be able to focus their eyes, they'll be able to come into a microfocus. They'll do stuff you and I can't do. All of these things are coming together, and it's a particularly important thing to understand, as we wrroy about the flmeas of the present, to keep an eye on the future.

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And the same thing is happening in eyes. This is a group in _______ that's beginning to engineer eyes so that people who are blind can begin to see _____ and dark. Very primitive. And then they'll be able to see shape. And then they'll be able to see color, and then they'll be able to see in __________, and one day, they'll see as well as you and I can. And a couple of years after that, they'll be able to see in ultraviolet, they'll be able to see in infrared, they'll be able to focus their eyes, they'll be able to come into a microfocus. They'll do stuff you and I can't do. All of these things are coming together, and it's a particularly important thing to understand, as we _____ about the ______ of the present, to keep an eye on the future.

Solution

  1. light
  2. definition
  3. worry
  4. flames
  5. germany

Original Text

And the same thing is happening in eyes. This is a group in Germany that's beginning to engineer eyes so that people who are blind can begin to see light and dark. Very primitive. And then they'll be able to see shape. And then they'll be able to see color, and then they'll be able to see in definition, and one day, they'll see as well as you and I can. And a couple of years after that, they'll be able to see in ultraviolet, they'll be able to see in infrared, they'll be able to focus their eyes, they'll be able to come into a microfocus. They'll do stuff you and I can't do. All of these things are coming together, and it's a particularly important thing to understand, as we worry about the flames of the present, to keep an eye on the future.

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