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Originally Posted by genetic
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.
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totalitarians entered the debate cause Venus was born with Soviet tanks in her country. Sure if comrades could install some genes that would make people less thinking and more servile... they'd do it. That's how they cherry picked the leaders in their countries. And imagine that instead of killing/retiring those who rebelled, they could simply replace few genes. Scary.
There is good leaders, but they are few in many. And I doubt Havel or Nelson Mandela would be FOR gene replacement.
I think we can progress without messing with our genes. We managed to do so for millenia... so why screw with our potential? I try not to
eat GMO and many people do the same... not sure I want to ever
meet GMO.
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