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Re:The gene drive dilemma: we can alter entire species, but ... by wostusername on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @07:00PM (#21997125)
My gift to industry is the genetically engineered worker, or Genejack. Specially designed for labor, the Genejack's muscles and nerves are ideal for his task, and the cerebral cortex has been atrophied so that he can desire nothing except to perform his duties. Tyranny, you say? How can you tyrannize someone who cannot feel pain?

Chairman Sheng-ji Yang "Essays on Mind and Matter"

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Re:The gene drive dilemma: we can alter entire species, but ... by brobdingnagians on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @07:40PM (#21997391)
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