3 ms·

It is an incredible breakthrough and if it prevents disease then all well and good, but are our Administrative Systems set up to handle such an arrangement?

maxerickson 1y ago
Sure. The mitochondrial donor can be treated as a source of tissue and you are all done.
- isodev 1y ago
  I really struggle why we keep maintaining some archaic definitions around the “family unit” anyway. So someone has 3 parents instead of 2 - nothing wrong with that.
  - drekipus 1y ago
    It's ok to not know why something is. My daughter doesn't know why we have archaic laws around seatbelts either, but she's 3.
    - progbits 1y ago
      This makes no sense. The seatbelt laws are not archaic by any meaning of the word, and they can be justified with rational arguments. Care to try doing the same for family thing? Aside from tradition.
      - AYBABTME 1y ago
        It's not that hard to imagine a rational argument where humans have evolved to grow with one or two parents, leading to all sorts of psychological prewiring. (I'm not supporting the argument, just saying that it's not hard to come up with a plausible rational one)
        JumpCrisscross 1y ago
        > not that hard to imagine a rational argument where humans have evolved to grow with one or two parents The modern nuclear family is, well, modern. Children were collectively raised in most cultures. (Certainly almost all that gained prominence.)
        s1artibartfast 1y ago
        To what extent? for example, imagine they still had identifiable parents with some some prominent role. I could also see the argument that parental role is diminished in modern society with the outsourcing to public schools. (genuine questions)
        JumpCrisscross 1y ago
        > To what extent? The earliest evidence for nuclear families is in Germany, going back 3,000+ BCE [1]. We next seem it gain prominence in 13th-century England [2]. Otherwise, the default for non-nomadic societies was kin (extended family) or community oriented childrearing. Similar to what we see in traditional family structures in South America, Southern Europe and Asia. > could also see the argument that parental role is diminished in modern society with the outsourcing to public schools It would be difficult to make this argument given the primacy of parents in public schooling compared with e.g. their diminished role in kin- or community-based childrearing systems. [1] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117192915.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117192915.h... [1] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9781315132006-3/family-primary-institution-individual-social-life-brigitte-berger https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/97813151...
  - Yeul 1y ago
    Before DNA testing nobody could tell anyway.

maxerickson 1y ago

Sure. The mitochondrial donor can be treated as a source of tissue and you are all done.

isodev 1y ago
I really struggle why we keep maintaining some archaic definitions around the “family unit” anyway. So someone has 3 parents instead of 2 - nothing wrong with that.
- drekipus 1y ago
  It's ok to not know why something is. My daughter doesn't know why we have archaic laws around seatbelts either, but she's 3.
  - progbits 1y ago
    This makes no sense. The seatbelt laws are not archaic by any meaning of the word, and they can be justified with rational arguments. Care to try doing the same for family thing? Aside from tradition.
    - AYBABTME 1y ago
      It's not that hard to imagine a rational argument where humans have evolved to grow with one or two parents, leading to all sorts of psychological prewiring. (I'm not supporting the argument, just saying that it's not hard to come up with a plausible rational one)
      - JumpCrisscross 1y ago
        > not that hard to imagine a rational argument where humans have evolved to grow with one or two parents The modern nuclear family is, well, modern. Children were collectively raised in most cultures. (Certainly almost all that gained prominence.)
        s1artibartfast 1y ago
        To what extent? for example, imagine they still had identifiable parents with some some prominent role. I could also see the argument that parental role is diminished in modern society with the outsourcing to public schools. (genuine questions)
        JumpCrisscross 1y ago
        > To what extent? The earliest evidence for nuclear families is in Germany, going back 3,000+ BCE [1]. We next seem it gain prominence in 13th-century England [2]. Otherwise, the default for non-nomadic societies was kin (extended family) or community oriented childrearing. Similar to what we see in traditional family structures in South America, Southern Europe and Asia. > could also see the argument that parental role is diminished in modern society with the outsourcing to public schools It would be difficult to make this argument given the primacy of parents in public schooling compared with e.g. their diminished role in kin- or community-based childrearing systems. [1] https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117192915.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117192915.h... [1] https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9781315132006-3/family-primary-institution-individual-social-life-brigitte-berger https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/97813151...
- Yeul 1y ago
  Before DNA testing nobody could tell anyway.