Monday, January 26, 2009

Ultimate Therapy

After reading Ultimate Therapy: Commercial Eugenics in the 21st Century, I’m almost slightly scared for the direction that human research is heading. The ability to alter, add, or delete certain genes/traits would change the way child birth is looked at. No longer would it be taking the hand that fate has dealt genetically, but more of a Mr. Potato Head pick your child type set up. This could lead to a breed of super athletes and musicians that would change the human playing field. It reminds me of a movie that came out awhile ago, Gattaca, where everyone was breed for certain reasons and those who could not afford it were outcasts. Strange how Hollywood could become reality.

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