News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Deformities Alarm Scientists Racing to Rewrite Animal DNA. Parent comment

Re:Deformities Alarm Scientists Racing to Rewrite Animal DNA by aetherson on Saturday December 22, 2018 @06:38PM (#18743158)
So, look, don't do this.

This isn't about whether and to what degree "companies" are cartoonishly evil. And when you divert the conversation into that very well worn path, you distract from other problems.

There are lots of threads on HN where complaints about corporate ethics are on topic.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Deformities Alarm Scientists Racing to Rewrite Animal DNA by dcow on Saturday December 22, 2018 @08:01PM (#18743639)
This is absolutely on topic because it’s exactly how the problem proliferates. In isolation it can be corrected but as soon as we build and industry on it and it becomes part of the economy...well... It may be cartoonish with sugar and diabetes but not so much when our entire species is at stake.
[ Parent | on HN ]