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It seems that the opportunity for the wealthy to eradicate genetically inherited problems in their progeny is upon us. Is this a good thing, or is it likely to create new insidious divisions?
In time the costs of these interventions will drop so that everyone can benefit, but in that transition period a new means of discrimination will arise.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/genetics/article7018519.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797084In Germany, prospective employers could demand DNA samples and use them for deciding whether or not to employ a candidate, until recently. Now, "only" insurance companies may do this.
GATTACA beckons.
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Fanatic ethnic or religious or national identifications are a little difficult to support when we see our Earth as a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and the citadel of the stars.
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