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The internet is scary. I'm concerned that people will use computers to commit crimes.
by oldmanjay 11y ago
The internet is scary. I'm concerned that people will use computers to commit crimes.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoPeople using computers doesn't do inheritable damage to the human gene pool.
- oldmanjay 11y agoNo, and individual humans have no responsibility to the entire gene pool much as individual computer users aren't responsible for keeping the entire internet safe
- toomuchtodo 11y agoIf you're referring to their offspring, correct. That's an ethical question. If you're using it on unwilling/unknowing participants alive today, that's criminal assault (up to murder, depending how reckless you are).
- adrianN 11y agoIf gene editing techniques become mature enough to actually work reliably (with CRISPR is currently not), "damage to the gene pool" is a lot less scary.
- RogtamBar 11y agoA hundred million of people around the world are doing provable, obvious damage to the human gene pool and their offspring are very likely to be disadvantaged because of their parents' choices. Yet people are concerned about possible problems due to a now experimental technique.