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Is what so hard to accept? Any claim of it being in the right or wrong?

lol... i hate that "playing god" phrase... most of the time it's used without any brain.

God?
These bastards thinks this makes us equal or come close to some godlike entity? I sure as hell wouldn't want to be perfectly engineered. Gattaca is an interesting movie to watch on this point.

You know we really shouldn't plant crops - Pretty sure god put plants down on earth for us to eat and we should rely on what he gives us.

First off, people are jealous.
Imagine you could have been born perfect.
So they bitch about it.

Second. Since there was religion in Europe, people have
all ways called science evil. Look Earth is not round.
Chemistry is the work of black magic, blah blah .
It's all ways been like that. This is our version of dark ages paranoia.
Oh, and jealousy.

I'm not saying what we have learned is bad or that science isn't able to do some stuff but comparing ourself to some creator-like entity just because we can do a tad more then we used to is overreacting. I'm opposed to seeing this as fucking superman jump over a building but more as a small step.

Canis wrote:Is what so hard to accept? Any claim of it being in the right or wrong?

Massive Quasars - respond to Canis???

Survivor wrote:God?
These bastards thinks this makes us equal or come close to some godlike entity? I sure as hell wouldn't want to be perfectly engineered. Gattaca is an interesting movie to watch on this point.

Just as in Gattaca, I wouldn't trust a doctor to have any clue what "perfect" is.

For Star Trek nerds, I would point to Khan

Massive Quasars wrote:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-2242171,00.html

excellent column. i couldn't agree more

The rubber will hit the road in the tricky cases.

Canis wrote:Is what so hard to accept? Any claim of it being in the right or wrong?

In the op-ed, the author holds the position that these therapies existing and on-coming are "in the right" to use your language. He notes the somewhat arbitrary distinction between what's considered playing god and what's not.

It will be easier and better in every way to get rid of a tiny collection of cells. This is indeed playing God, as all the usual campaigners were quick to point out last week. But what on earth is wrong with humans playing God? I am all for it, especially as God doesn’t seem to be doing it. Besides, whatever we may think about playing God and defying nature, we are doing it already and even though we don’t necessarily recognise it, we approve of it.

So given the implicit and/or explicit approval of human activities that could be considered "playing god" in the here and now, I ask "Is this so difficult for some to accept?". This being the incremental move towards more targetted manipulation or ourselves?

Though not in the order laid out in this post, the author also bolsters the consequential case for the use of these technologies. Wherein positive consequences are taken to be those that reduce harm and improve overall quality of life, over some supposed overriding vaguely defined poorly articulated metaphysical principle.

Hannibal wrote:The rubber will hit the road in the tricky cases.

Yes, and should circumstances justify it, regulations are and will remain an ever-present option.

Q:Biggest waste of money on the planet?

A: ANYTHING to do with Outer-space, other planets, the solar system.

7zark7 wrote:Q:Biggest waste of money on the planet?

A: ANYTHING to do with Outer-space, other planets, the solar system.

Nah, just rename Neptune to "Enemy Homeworld" and watch the doubling time for scientific knowledge shrink to months during the gear up. Those fucking limp wristed Neptunians don't stand a chance.

anyone here can photoshop a new amazing shot from hubble telescope.

7zark7 wrote:Q:Biggest waste of money on the planet?

A: ANYTHING to do with Outer-space, other planets, the solar system.

rubbish

LOL....!

you always make me laugh.
snort/shoot/inhale.

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"Back then hoes didn't want me, now I'm hot hoes all on me"
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[Chorus]

[Mike Jones]
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[Chorus]

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[Chorus - 2X

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