Comment Re:ethics of genetically modifying humans (Score 2, Interesting) 495
I concur.
Furthermore, humans must eventually bring safe, effective GM to bear on the problems that we have inherited and inflicted on ourselves. Evolution has shaped humans into tool-using social creatures for protection and the societies spawned have radically changed the way our genes are selected for and against. No longer is it as imperative for humans to be in the height of physical fitness, nor have excellent genetic health in terms of hereditary afflictions and cancer defenses. Indeed, I believe the prominence of cancer today to be influenced by the tempering of natural selection in our collective gene pool. This is the threat we will continue to face and it will not go away.
I express these concerns with my consumer dollars. I do not buy organic because of the possibility that proceeds will go to political efforts fighting the progress of GM in any sphere. These political efforts are regressive and threaten the progress and (perhaps, if I am not being too dramatic) the continued well being of the human race.
By stifling this emerging GM market, such political efforts will retard the growth of more advanced, human oriented technologies and economies. Researchers will not be able to learn the necessary lessons to use this technology safely, now or in the future or it will not come to fruition until it is too late. I don't see how we have any choice but to develop these technologies before our own genes betray us. We must become what we are, users of tools, and move forward. For these reasons and more: Please don't buy organic.
Furthermore, humans must eventually bring safe, effective GM to bear on the problems that we have inherited and inflicted on ourselves. Evolution has shaped humans into tool-using social creatures for protection and the societies spawned have radically changed the way our genes are selected for and against. No longer is it as imperative for humans to be in the height of physical fitness, nor have excellent genetic health in terms of hereditary afflictions and cancer defenses. Indeed, I believe the prominence of cancer today to be influenced by the tempering of natural selection in our collective gene pool. This is the threat we will continue to face and it will not go away.
I express these concerns with my consumer dollars. I do not buy organic because of the possibility that proceeds will go to political efforts fighting the progress of GM in any sphere. These political efforts are regressive and threaten the progress and (perhaps, if I am not being too dramatic) the continued well being of the human race.
By stifling this emerging GM market, such political efforts will retard the growth of more advanced, human oriented technologies and economies. Researchers will not be able to learn the necessary lessons to use this technology safely, now or in the future or it will not come to fruition until it is too late. I don't see how we have any choice but to develop these technologies before our own genes betray us. We must become what we are, users of tools, and move forward. For these reasons and more: Please don't buy organic.
