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Re:The untold story of ‘circle of trust’ behind world’s firs... by zbrozek on Sunday January 31, 2021 @10:08PM (#25985093)
I watched that movie and wished that I could have been the beneficiary of such editing. Once it's possible it seems obvious to want to do it. What's the problem?
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Re:The untold story of ‘circle of trust’ behind world’s firs... by wincy on Sunday January 31, 2021 @10:20PM (#25985155)
I don’t have a problem with it, but certain worldviews would driving motivators in the world would be very upset about gene editing. Like imagine if in 50 years billionaires are biologically immortal. That’d be quite something.
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