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Frankly, it is precisely because of the human condition that technologies like this are dangerous. What happens when a misogynist wants their daughter to have a
by Brakenshire 11y ago
Frankly, it is precisely because of the human condition that technologies like this are dangerous. What happens when a misogynist wants their daughter to have a reduced sex drive, or a fundamentalist government wants its people to be more religious. If we have this capability, it will not go well.
- vdaniuk 11y ago> it will not go well. It doesn't go well now, at this very point in time. >misogynist wants their daughter to have a reduced sex drive Number of instances of female genital mutilation is absolutely insane. >fundamentalist government wants its people to be more religious ISIS. Saudi Arabia. Russia. Propaganda and state religion works well enough. There is no need to look far from HN to see how governments prop up religious beliefs in general populace. "In God We Trust" on US dollars and "under God" in pledge of allegiance are a few fine examples. And frankly, human genetech and biotech modification can't be stopped, neither by laws or popular opinion. The incentives are just too great.