People can absolutely do whatever they want to themselves of course. My concern is when they turn around and sell CRISPR kits and misinform the public so people

People can absolutely do whatever they want to themselves of course. My concern is when they turn around and sell CRISPR kits and misinform the public so people like me (biologists/biohackers with connections to the DIY space) get asked by people suffering from currently incurable rare diseases how to CRISPR themselves to make it go away. It must be safe because they saw that guy do it on the internet and maybe he gave a tedx talk about it or something. The most you can do in that situation is be empathetic and try to have a conversation about why that's not a good idea. The one thing that makes the situation not as bad as it could be is that all of these DIY CRISPR kits suck. They're not likely to give themselves all the cancers since CAS9 probably isn't going to make it inside a single nucleus to wreck havoc on their DNA. The irresponsibility I'm referring to with these charlatans "educating" the public as biology "experts" so they can sell their DIY kits. They should still be free to do this and sell those kits (dialing down the medical talk since that is practicing medicine without a license) - but just because I think people should have the right to do that doesnt mean I think they should or that it is good for society, since the negative externalities are heartbreaking.