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Originally Posted by jorgelito
If we're not okay with genetically-modified foods, then why the hell would we be ok with genetically-modified babies? There's too many cans of worms with this one and no guaranteed benefit.
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May or may not be off topic, but you don't eat much that hasn't been genetically modified. Most anything grown and on our tables is the product of decades, if not centuries, of selective breeding programs.
My understanding is that if you looked at the genetic makeup of a modern carrot (for example), the genetic coding is huge and ungainly. As it's been tweaked by centuries of breeding.
There isn't much that's "natural" anymore. Breeding manipulates genes as much as a lab could do. One is deemed "ok", and one isn't. But I question the logic.
I refer everyone to the thread on peeing in the bathtub in the General Discussion forum. Same result as using the toilet, no demonstrable harm, yet many many are against it. Why?
I'm not saying there is no potential downside to possible research. But we have a lovely habit of drawing lines where they are
easy to draw. Not where they should be drawn due to logic and belief.
I'm just saying...