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Originally Posted by Dead
CD, read the book and see the way that man chose to pass on, unbelievable considering the time he lived, he was a true seeker!
I believe the minute any manipulation is introduced into making "The Perfect human" there will be huge ramifications for trying to play god. The reasons we have disease is for cleaning the heard, but I am getting off tract......Gay......if it was a gene, and if it could be isolated and removed? I think somewhere down the genetic line a different trait would replace what was once there with something that was removed, maybe something way worse then what they thought they were curing. I vote for not fucking with Mother nature, she knows what she is doing.
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Your point is well taken. However, you can say the same thing regarding many diseases such as polio and small pox, and many parasites. We have cures for these. Is this playing god? Should we stop? Should we prevent couples with reproductive disabilities from having healthy children who fulfill their lives? Isn't this also playing god?
Craig Venter just created life in the lab and this has all the making of the slippery slope you are describing. Nevertheless, we must march on.... responsibly as possible, but we must continue to build upon the knowledge we accumulate because as terrifying as that may be it is still the best course of action.