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Same here. I don't understand how designer babies, preventing premature aging, or stimulating muscle growth are any more "sticky" than the potential eradication
by thescriptkiddie 11y ago
Same here. I don't understand how designer babies, preventing premature aging, or stimulating muscle growth are any more "sticky" than the potential eradication of diseases like HIV, Huntington’s, and Alzheimer’s. Usually I'm pretty good at paying devil's advocate but I really can't see the argument here. Are they worried that we're going to accidentally cure death and have an overpopulation problem? That just seems silly. Or maybe they are worried that we'll anger the gods if we look into things too closely? But then I'd think they'd be after physicists.
- phkahler 11y ago>> I don't understand how designer babies, preventing premature aging, or stimulating muscle growth are any more "sticky" than the potential eradication of diseases like HIV, Huntington’s, and Alzheimer’s Thanks for reminding me that CRISPR should be able to cure HIV in short order. There is a gene variant that can make one immune if you've got two copies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Berlin_Patient https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Berlin_Patient
- thescriptkiddie 11y agoThanks, but that part was literally quoted from the third paragraph of TFA.
- thwarted 11y ago"Think of the undertakers" and "think of the gravediggers" are pretty far fetched appeals to compassion.