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Originally Posted by Average_Joe
It would be truly unfortunate that performance enhancement would get to the genetic level, but as the doping gets more technical, so will the enforcement methods. If science can come up with a way of altering genes, then I'm sure science will come up with a way of detecting the gene alteration.
I don't believe that it will be much different that the system that's in place now. It wouldn't surprise me if there were undetectable performance enhancement drugs being used now. But once the testing labs know what to look for, they will develop a detection system for those specific drugs.
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It seems to me that the people who make illegal substances will always be one step ahead of the authorities. They say that there are already undetectable drugs out there, though the performance gains aren't huge.
It gets really crazy when you consider that in our lifetimes, it's likely that genetically engineered people will be born. I personally think that the enhancement of human beings at the genetic level for performance reasons, both physical and mental, raises a ton of profound questions that I think we'll have trouble coping with.
That doesn't mean it won't happen.