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There are more direct and efficient ways of addressing inequality than genetically changing people to be equal?
by innguest 12y ago
There are more direct and efficient ways of addressing inequality than genetically changing people to be equal?
- hyperbovine 12y agoI mean, really? Poverty correlates far more strongly with negative health outcomes, lower educational attainment, increased risk of incarceration, unhappiness, decreased life expectancy--you name it--than any known genetic risk factor.
- hyperbovine 12y agoForgot an "almost". There are some terrible hereditary diseases. But the point remains.
- innguest 12y agoSo if everyone were clones that would not be enough equality for you? How would you go about your further goals in this clone society? Constant monitoring of citizens, tracking their lives, measuring disparities in the short and long term and either awarding or punishing certain activities at certain times by certain people to make sure everything is equal to everyone? Seriously, what do you mean by equality that the ability to choose one's genes wouldn't fix?
- hyperbovine 12y agoHaha. I sensed this thread starting to take a turn towards nutcase-ville... aaaand here we are. If you really believe that there is absolutely no daylight between a) lessening pervasive, endemic inequality that exists the status quo and b) "1984 with clones", well, that says a lot about you and your world view. #ocra