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If we can now cure colorblindness - should we?
Posted by: disregarding_law Topic: Science
Wednesday, March 03 @ 03:48AM EST [874 reads] |
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Destiny writes: 1 in 12 men suffers from colorblindness, though "The good news here is that these folks are simply missing a patch of DNA... which is just the kind of challenge this Millennium is made for. Enter science."
But NPR's Moira Gunn (from Biotech Nation) now asks a provocative question. Is it wrong to cure colorblindness?
She reports on an experiment that used a virus to introduce corrective DNA into colorblind monkeys. ("It took 20 weeks, but eventually the monkeys started distinguishing between red and green.") Then she asks, could it be viewed differently? "Are we trying to 'normalize' humans to a threshold of experience?
"Slippery Slope. Enter here. Watch your step..."
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Re: If we can now cure colorblindness - should we?
by superturkle on Wednesday, March 03 @ 06:48AM EST
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how long is gonna take until driver's licenses are issued to chimpanzees so they can go tearing through the forest in golf carts and starting fires? |
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by MrBurns on Thursday, March 04 @ 12:39PM EST
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I see apes driving all the time.... |
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Re: If we can now cure colorblindness - should we?
by Hellpimp on Wednesday, March 03 @ 07:13PM EST
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Look if religious republican nutjobs can go around willy-nilly curing fags of fag-ness, why shouldn't science cure color-blindness? |
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Re: If we can now cure colorblindness - should we?
by pokeyouindaeye on Friday, March 05 @ 02:22AM EST
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This is a FIX, not an enhancement. Her question is right, "does this technology have the potential for immoral uses?," yes... but this is a moral use of technology. |
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