Can it remove my depression and make me love myself?
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Yes but you will get that extra chromosome back
I don't think I understand. Are you saying i'd be mentally challenged?
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I see no downsides.
"Gattaca" and "Brave new world" are becoming reality.
CRISPR is the uranium of biology. Could use it to make cheap, reliable, clean energy, or could use it to make nukes.
Hate to break it to you, but nuclear power isn't cheap, that crown goes to the renewables (unfortunately even fossils are cheaper than nuclear). Arguably rather reliable and 'acceptably' clean though (if used in good locations with sufficient cold water and with modern technology & proper recycling concept).
Edit: After looking up the most current studies regarding nuclear power I found out that by now fossils are indeed more expensive than nuclear (although nuclear usually gets calculated without the costs of permanent waste storage, so… who knows). So disregard what I said about that. 🙃
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Dark Angel doesn't seem too far fetched now, but seemed impossible in my lifetime when it aired.
While this is fabulous news I do worry that there could be similar done for other genetic conditions that are far more contentious as to whether they're a disability not.
Neurodivergence is the one that springs to mind right away. The majority of people on the autism spectrum are at level 1. While it has negatives there are positives into thinking and seeing the world differently.
How many of those would have been 'curered' in the womb by scared parents who've just been told that their child will be born autistic? Scared parents who's fear will mean when hearing that they think of someone at the far end of level 3.
Then what about for ADHD and dyslexia.
What about other physical conditions like dwarfism etc.
Yeah, on the one hand it isn't fair to let someone be born with a condition that negatively effects their life when there's a treatment to prevent it happening. On the other hand, as you say it's good to have divergent people in society - there really is strength in diversity.
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So...Remember the X-Men series of movies? I forget which of the films it was, I stopped giving a shit about superhero movies a decade before it was cool, but one of them involved a "mutant cure." Most of Professor X's mutants saw it as an existential threat, but Rogue--whose 'powers' utterly sucked--saw it as something she wanted to do.
Ultimately I think the key here is individual consent. Yes and No need to be equally valid answers otherwise it gets pretty fucked up.
Some folks make a pretty good living for themselves looking at the world slightly differently than everyone else, other folks would like to do something with their life other than drool. Surely we the civilization that can split the atom and splice the genome can help both of these people live their best lives? Otherwise what the fuck are we even doing here?
I'm not like the other girls, I stopped caring about superhero movies long before others
No seriously, why did any of you continue to give a shit about Marvel after, like, 2006? That was about the time I realized I lost track of how many Incredible Hulk movies they made, and I would learn later that's when my interest in movies overall died because that's all they would ever make ever again
Son you sound young, there's a lot more to cinema than popcorn flicks like marvel movies, they didn't stop making good movies, it's just harder to find and requires people put their money and time to go watch something other than summer blockbusters, expand your taste and maybe also watch older movies, many local theatre's do reruns of older classics
I'm 38 years old. The last time I remember having a good time at a movie theatre was Inglourious Basterds, and if the movies require effort to glean enjoyment out of it I hope I never see a movie again in my life. Used to be you could look up what's playing at the 4-plex and there'd usually be something fun on. That hasn't been the case since the last time I felt an emotion and I don't think either thing is ever going to happen again so fuck it.
See that's the thing, you want an amusement ride that's fun, but movies can be more than that, if you can't have fun anymore, try watching something that's not trying to be fun, and maybe something clicks, I recently watched 12 Angry Men on a whim, it's about 12 jurors discussing on a virdict for a man accused of killing his father, this movie came out in 1957, it's black and white, I didn't think I could even sit through such a old movie let alone like it, but it was one of the most engaging movies I've ever seen and the plot felt so relevant to the current times.
Some other stuff I saw recently that I liked :
Predator Killler of Killers
Sinners
Warfare
The Rule of Jenny Pen
Friendship
The Life of Chuck
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other folks would like to do something with their life other than drool
Not trying to be an ass, but how would you know that? How could you get consent from someone in that state?
Okay I suppose force vegetables to be vegetables. I'm honestly to burned out to give the first two half-flaccid thrusts of a reluctant pity fuck about basically anyone.
I also meant more like, even if they "come back," would they even be able to integrate? Can they (re)learn language and motor skills? Sorry to bother you.
powerful wording!
Pretty sure Autism is a lot more complex genetically and we don't even know just how complex.
Very true. I'm not saying it's something that would be soon. These are discussions that should be now, to help determine morally where we as societies want to go with the new technology.
Personally I see this rift in the trans community rather often (although not as much right now anymore, there isn't much room for controversial arguments when being threatened from 'outside'). On one hand the absolute majority will tell you that they "wished to be born in the right body". On the other hand many dislike or even reject science into how being trans happens (like this study) out of the very reasonable fear that it will be used to, again, pathologize our existence or outright eradicate us. I've heard similar hard questions and controversial discussions from other communities over the years as well. They usually somewhat reach academic circles at best but are never really discussed in public.
In the end it boils down to what the ulterior motive behind the science or technology is; care for- or eradication of humans (or their natural expression). And of course where we out the line between the definition of diversity and illness, something society has a really bad track record for.
I'm still waiting to be tested but I swear if we were still hunters and gatherers in a small tribe then my suspected ADHD would be irrelevant.
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I did not realize CRISPR was so powerful as to remove chromosomes entirely. Can CRISPR be used to change someone's genetic sex? Republicans would freak out.
RED ALERT! WOKE LIBERAL COMMUNISTS ARE USING CRISPR BEAMS FROM LOW IRBITING SATTELITES TO FORCIBLY CHANGE OUR GENDERS! BUY MY ANTI-WOKE SUPPLIMENTS TO PROTECT YOUR MANLINESS.
I'm fully expecting in our lifetimes for CRISPR to be able to flip the genome or whatever in the body that produces sex hormones such that testes and ovaries could swap functions and produce the opposite sex hormone.
Between this and using your own DNA to apply to scaffolding to grow an organ, the future is bright. I also expect to see sex organs of the opposite sex grown in a lab from your own DNA and then transplanted into you, and the body wouldn't reject them.
I also expect to see sex organs of the opposite sex grown in a lab from your own DNA and then…
I’m kinda glad that didn’t go where I thought it was gonna go but you know it will.
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By my limited understanding that might be feasible right now in utero, which obviously is not exactly what we want.
I think that maybe in the future we could change someone's sex when they're older. Honestly I think it's maybe just the matter of research on this not being focused on genetic changes after the womb.
The article was not clear about what stage in someone's life the CRISPR treatment can be applied. I would have assumed early in gestation. But this raises questions such as how down syndrome would be detected at that stage. If in vitro is the method, then why not simply filter out down syndrome at that stage?
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