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Re:Genetic variant accelerates normal brain aging in older p... by maxerickson on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @05:23PM (#13879916)
Right, that was my understanding.

I suppose my point was that kornork seemed to me to be talking about safety and in that context, saying you'd do it after it is shown to be safe isn't saying a lot.

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Re:Genetic variant accelerates normal brain aging in older p... by coldtea on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:19PM (#13880394)
Aha, I took the parent's comments to be about the ethical and/or existential questions.

After all we do various kinds of brain altering operations and take brain altering drugs. DNA is not our personality, just how our body is built.

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