Comment Re:The best application of science ever! (Score 2, Insightful) 639
Who's to say that this isn't just another phase in our evolutionary process? How many of these great contributors have died from diseases that we may be able to screen for in the future? Had they lived on would they have contributed much more? Having lost my grandfather to Alzheimers and having watched the mental pain that he and our family went through, I can't see how this could be unethical or immoral. On the contrary, I could see it as unethical to prevent people from persuing this preventative measure.
Obviously, there are those who will abuse the technology, since that's true for anything that's great, it's really a mute point.
Obviously, there are those who will abuse the technology, since that's true for anything that's great, it's really a mute point.