Mysteryman
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No.
Disagree with whom, now?
Oh, okay, because it seemed like that comment was in response to moviedoors, who made no such comment. So I was confused.The various people equating genetic engineering to Hitler's eugenics. Or the popular eugenics of the 20th century period.
Oh, okay, because it seemed like that comment was in response to moviedoors, who made no such comment. So I was confused.
...what exactly do you think he was saying?I was in part. Well, I assumed he was referring to the racist 20th century eugenics movements, which the word eugenics has come to mean.
Well, since you're choosing to get snarky, I guess I'm allowed to get snarky, too.Enlighten me, professor.
Since you know everything.
Well, since you're choosing to get snarky, I guess I'm allowed to get snarky, too.
I mean, I figured that even middle-school students are able to recognize an inequality symbol when they see one.
In case the word "inequality" didn't tip you off, it indicates that two things are not equivalent.
You're welcome. Ass.
I try to refrain from those types of responses not because I want to, but because the mods piss their pants at the slightest sign of controversy.Hey finally, a human reaction from you. And here I figured you were just a particularly poorly programmed bot.
I assume there would be some variation. One person more gifted at that than the other.
Not everyone wants there son to be an olympian. And some people would value certain kinds of intelligence more than others.
Well, we could get rid of things like mental illness and debilitating physical conditions. That would be a step in the right direction.
Have you guys seen Gattaca? Great fu**ing movie!
Good movie, but I'm not sure if that applies though. Because in Gattaca, it's more about ideal gene selection, than augmentation.
Though it's been a while since I saw it, so I could be wrong.
My problem with it is how near sighted we are all certain to be should such technology be selected.
Everyone wants their kid to be smart in order to be successful but there are different types of intelligence. Different forms of imagination and cognition.
By artificially selecting for the kinds of intelligence that are currently valued by our economy for instance, we may too quick eliminate important influences upon our society or remove traits from the population that may have become more useful in another context or future situation.
By removing variability from the population we would essentially be shrinking the gene pool leaving us open to suffer even greater losses to different diseases and threats that humanity may face in the future.
My problem with it is how near sighted we are all certain to be should such technology be selected.
Everyone wants their kid to be smart in order to be successful but there are different types of intelligence. Different forms of imagination and cognition.
By artificially selecting for the kinds of intelligence that are currently valued by our economy for instance, we may too quick eliminate important influences upon our society or remove traits from the population that may have become more useful in another context or future situation.
By removing variability from the population we would essentially be shrinking the gene pool leaving us open to suffer even greater losses to different diseases and threats that humanity may face in the future.
Van Gogh was a nutcase. So lets burn up all his paintings, right?
Humans suck at deciding what is of true value.
and giving them a chance to genetically arrange their own children to have some trophy they're less connected to physically, mentally or spiritually is pointless.
Yeah, that's just what I said.
Where on earth do you get the idea that GA would lead to people being less connected physically, mentally, and spiritually to their children?
It's my personally believe that God has reasons beyond human understanding for placing certain children and trying to micromanage the type of child you will get will have similar results as when humans toy with ecosystems.