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- Scriptorius rated 6 months ago
- Eh, you never really know what the future will hold. Yet, while people go on about purely biologically modifying future people, other research is being done to "enhance" existing people using biotech and more physical engineering.
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- If there were no down side to genetic engineering in humans such as bizarre crippling mutations or weird patent royalty claims I'd be all for it. The fact of the matter is that we are defeating natural selection all the time. As a species we are bound to become non viable if we continue in this way. In vitro fertilization c sections idiot proof safety devices government welfare systems all lead to an inevitable decline. If we can't weed out through natural means, we need to fix obvious problems in another way. The real problem is identifying things that are crippling and fixing them in ways that don't make us all exactly the same. I'm sure this will make some people angry but it had to be said. BTW I'm all for sterilizing those who are mentally retarded.
 lexusbeat rated 6 months ago- In but 4 steps this essay writer has displayed the full spectrum of poor writing style and terrible argumentation.
I thought the misquotation and ad hominem were particularly impressive.
 TwistedDelusion rated 6 months ago- In the late 1950s, soon after Watson and Crick had discovered DNA's
structure, scientists began predicting that someday we'd be able to
genetically engineer our children. We'd design them to be healthy, smart and
attractive, with life spans of 200 years, photographic memories, enhanced
lung capacity for athletic endurance, and more. Our children would pass
these modifications to their own children and add new ones as well. Humanity
would take control of its own evolution and kick it into overdrive.
Few people took these speculations very seriously. Could this sort of
genetic engineering really be done? Even if it could, would anyone really
want to do it? If they did, wouldn't society step in and set limits? In any
event, wouldn't it be decades before we'd have to worry about this?
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