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Good. Anybody who disagrees should go visit a ward full of children dying of genetic diseases like MD or cystic fibrosis.
by Pxtl 11y ago
Good. Anybody who disagrees should go visit a ward full of children dying of genetic diseases like MD or cystic fibrosis.
- bdcravens 11y agoI don't know what I think yet, and you think it'd be easy, since I have cystic fibrosis. I was probably nudged toward development and similar minded activities because any type of physical labor just isn't an option for me. Will we similarly shape our society? Some conditions like CF have advantages, such as an increase resistance to cholera. Will we see a side effect if we eliminate those conditions? Don't get me wrong. Somedays being short of breath sucks (no pun intended), I wish I could eat without taking a handful of pills, and my wife certainly wishes we didn't have to deal with CF's infertility issues. I do think all of the calculus has to be considered, however.
- danieltillett 11y agoI am glad to hear you are well enough to be unsure. Just to nitpick, but it is being a silent carrier (heterozygous) that provides the resistance to cholera - until very recently few suffers of cf lived long enough to die of anything else.
- pfortuny 11y agoReasoning with one's feelings is not so scientific as it might seem, though.
- Pxtl 11y agoWhat feelings? "Dead children" are just about as close to "objectively morally wrong" as you can get.