Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation in Human Embryos

Re:Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation in Human Embryos by LeifCarrotson on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @03:24PM (#14913768)

America, historically, has been defined by a Protestant culture which places a lot of religious and moral significance on conceiving human life, and on God's role in creation. Chinese culture does not, as far as I know, have the same stigma against genetic engineering (I admit that while I have traveled for some time in China, I am relatively unfamiliar with any moral, religious, or cultural issues they may have on this topic).

It's natural for the GP to assume that his or her morals are the most correct. How could they behave be otherwise? If they believed that Chinese morals were a higher standard, they would adopt them. Everyone reads the article from their own perspective.

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Re:Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation in Human Embryos by kronos29296 on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @03:41PM (#14913932)

What Chinese Govt. says is much more important than Chinese morals and culture.

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Re:Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation in Human Embryos by _yvjs on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:58PM (#14916111)

> a Protestant culture which places a lot of religious and moral significance on conceiving human life

Er, that would be more characteristic of Catholicism. There's a reason for this Monty Python skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgHHhw_6g8.

Francis Galton, a product of a thoroughly Protestant society, was already worrying about the negative correlation between socioeconomic status and fertility very shortly after the Industrial Revolution.

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