26 ms·
Or as I like to put it Gattaca put the spotlight on research which had been treading the line of ethics for a decade with a dangerous lack of supervision and he
by brmgb 4y ago
Or as I like to put it Gattaca put the spotlight on research which had been treading the line of ethics for a decade with a dangerous lack of supervision and helped convince people that putting the brakes on it was welcome. That’s fiction playing its role.
- kanzure 4y agoyeah let's hope parents don't get to choose a better life for their kids, watch out?
- NoZebra120vClip 4y agoWell, the problem we deal with today is that parents--actually medical professionals--choose death for children rather than allow them to live out their lives. Zero children with Down Syndrome are born in Iceland. Why? Because physicians would rather end their lives as soon as they find out that they "suffer" from the condition. I placed "suffer" in quotes, because many of us are quite aware that people with Down Syndrome don't suffer any more or less than the rest of us with a medical condition, and many of them lead happy and productive lives for a relatively long time. But if the physicians, or the parents, can just head off that predicted suffering within a 9-month time frame, nobody has to suffer at all (beyond one little procedure.) Sometimes I wonder who would suffer more, a child born with Down, or overly-entitled parents who will always wish their baby wasn't so... imperfect.
- skeeter2020 4y agoI don't particularly agree with your comment but it does point out another aspect of the movie's genius: it presents the scenario, makes us think and suggests some conclusions but doesn't beat us over the head with moral lessons. In other words, it treats the viewer like an adult.
- skybrian 4y agoI think there's some status quo bias here? Seems like if Down's Syndrome didn't exist, someone who invented it and caused children to born with it would be considered a monster?