Genetic Modification

[Reforged]

But thats not what is happening here. And i don't see this , or some dystopian fantasy being a good argument against progress with this.

Perhaps not, but that is the way it usually starts and we have a bad habit of not learning from history.

I see a lot of good in this new science, but I also see the great potential for misuse. It would seem that now is the time to set regulations in place to discourage or displace these potential threats.

We can't place regulations without prior knowledge of what is being regulated. Experimentation must be permitted to form any type of conclusion on the matter.

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I'm not making reference to Nap in-particular but I love it when people call it "playing God". Presumably they're talking about making decisions to fundamentally alter the course of nature as opposed to not existing and consequently making fuck all difference.
Its a phrase thats thrown around whenever a feat of science is so incredible it would be considered a miracle if not for the fact it can be explained rationally.
I take this phrase being used to describe this leap forward as a sign we're making steps in the right direction, that we're taking the reins on a runaway carriage as it were.
Mankind has the right to have control over its own destiny and it is responsible enough to deal with the delicate issues that will emerge with the self-correcting mechanism it has developed over millenia of trial and error.