hmm are there any religious reasons to oppose gene editing? this seems like a question not answered directly by texts but im sure Jewish and Catholic theologians at least can derive a stance (or several each)https://twitter.com/ellegist/status/1314133656328458243 …
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some immediately obvious points of comparison on different dimensions: - in vitro fertilization - prenatal vitamins - in utero surgery
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hm
@ellegist one secular conservative objection might simply be Chesterton what happens if we remove a lot of variation from large portions of the population? what are the emergent or systematic effects of moving toward a genetic monoculture? maybe hard to say10 replies 0 retweets 36 likesShow this thread -
i lean pretty hard pro crispr wand net, but I worry about those aforementioned considerations
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Replying to @eigenrobot
The best case for the use of genetic engineering at a large scale with less unintended consequences is, IMO, spellchecking the genome for deleterious mutations
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easy win yes but deleterious is gonna be pretty elastic
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