Yes, Venus, I think I could get the gene replacement I requested if what I wanted
was something that could be beneficial to me and to society.

I certainly can't see that such a desire would be undermining the status quo, although change is inevitable in life; always has been, always will be. The status quo leaves much to be desired, in my view.

Unscrupulous people exist now, but fortunately, there are good leaders and scientists
who help us try to keep the world as safe as we can.

Where does totalitarianism enter this discussion? (I know what it is; I married into a
family that was totalitarian and it crumbled, too. Not my marriage, however. I
just realized what it was and lived my life outside that attempted authority.)

You obviously made some choices about it, too.

I'm all for progress in the human condition--mine and everybody else's if it can be done
with benefits for everyone.

Many good things have come to us through chemistry.