The "Gattaca Age" Has Officially Begun

[deathmetal]

It will ultimately be about control, not perfection

It always is.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Thanks for mentioning Gattaca! Time to watch again. It's two decades old now!

 

[deathmetal]

Whoah. Time marches on.
When we find the "nu-metal gene," I'm all for invoking CRISPR to fix the situation...

 

[wyfbane]

The ethics debate behind where this will take us in the very near future is no laughing matter. And there is no respite waiting from the other side of the aisle, either.

 

[hobie1dog]

Just too many conspiracy theories and controversy over medical discoveries, coupled with our monetary system, to make any good calls on this.

 

[pipesmokingtom]

^ Oh, yeah. Break out your best tinfoil hat...

 

[wyfbane]

Can't wear a tin foil hat if they muck about with your DNA and make you allergic to aluminum...
:rofl:

 

[hobie1dog]

^ Oh, yeah. Break out your best tinfoil hat...

I'm a forum veteran, I know how to stir things up better than anyone here, likely been kicked off more forums than most on here, and have a flame suit capable of resisting the harshest, most insulting/ degrading comments ever made towards another human being. :nana:

 

[deathmetal]

I'm wearing both tinfoil and Hello Kitty panties on my head. Surely I'm safe.

 

[pipesmokingtom]

I'm wearing both tinfoil and Hello Kitty panties on my head

Whose, one wonders...

 

[hobie1dog]

'm wearing both tinfoil and Hello Kitty panties on my head. Surely I'm safe.

I bet someone has already made a Hello Kitty pipe......and someone else has actually used one.

 

[brian64]

One good thing about a tin foil hat...it makes it difficult and painful to hide one’s head where the sun don’t shine.

 

[pipesmokingtom]

One good thing about a tin foil hat...it makes it difficult and painful to hide one’s head where the sun don’t shine.

I feel like that's some sort of mixed metaphor. Or something.

 

[jvnshr]

Tell your friend this only works when we still have competitive Health Insuance.

Well, he expects to become very rich in 30 years.

Total Recall extravaganza

You mean ladies with three boobs?

 

[jefff]

If it was possible to "repair" a child with Downs syndrom the world would be a better place.
I myself, have a genetic mutation that causes my blood to clot. I have been taking Warfarin for 43 years. If they could fix that I am totally onboard

 

[pipesmokingtom]

^ It's more about preventing heritable diseases before they are passed on than "repairing" people with diseases.
But yes, both of your examples would be great - and someday they might be a possibility.

 

[brian64]

It's more about preventing heritable diseases before they are passed on than "repairing" people with diseases.

Not necessarily. There is also a study where CRISPR supposedly succeeded in curing disease in mice. I believe it was muscular dystrophy.