03-16-2016, 03:00 PM
(03-16-2016, 02:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: The thing that concern me the most is that if there are unforeseen consequences it won't be like fixing a hole in the Ozone layer. Instead any damage will be passed on genetically forever.
Geneticists are a lot like experts on the brain. They don't know nearly as much as they act like they do. Even the best and the brightest geneticist can not go into a human genome and decide exactly what the resulting human will be like. the don't fully understand it all. So I am afraid they will do something that seems simple like determine hair color and accidentally effect something else.
This is a legit concern. You have to also look at how this will be used in a more mainstream basis. How soon until people start ensuring their kids aren't fat anymore. Or start treating for minor things instead of just the big things like Autism.
They already have DIY Geno facilities around the globe where people just tinker. No education required. Can be anyone.
