July 12 is Different Colored Eyes Day, celebrating both “diversity of eye color” and Heterochromia, a condition in which a person’s eyes are different colors. Should genetic engineering become widely available, traits like eye color could cease to become inherited traits, a development that critics cite as a danger to society.
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my english teacher had heterochromia- we called her bi-eye (yeah, we were punks)- why engineer?- it seems to me that coloured contacts are more efficient than genetic eye-tatooing
my english teacher had heterochromia- we called her bi-eye (yeah, we were punks)- why engineer?- it seems to me that coloured contacts are more efficient than genetic eye-tatooing
I read the article linked about genetic engineering. It didn’t cite a danger. It raised the potential of greater “social inequity.”
Of couse, that’s exactly the point of it. It’d be like saying “order a nice steak, and you run the risk of not being hungry.”
The danger lies in the thinking that everyone has to have the same slice of “equity.”
I read the article linked about genetic engineering. It didn’t cite a danger. It raised the potential of greater “social inequity.”
Of couse, that’s exactly the point of it. It’d be like saying “order a nice steak, and you run the risk of not being hungry.”
The danger lies in the thinking that everyone has to have the same slice of “equity.”
No the danger lies in everyone giving their kids blue eyes only to find out 10 years later that those rare brown eyes are now “in”.
No the danger lies in everyone giving their kids blue eyes only to find out 10 years later that those rare brown eyes are now “in”.
No, the real danger is changing your kids eye color because it is the “IN” thing in the first place. I’m not sure there is a good reason to change your child’s eye color but doing it because it is the “IN” thing to do is definitely the wrong reason to do it.
No, the real danger is changing your kids eye color because it is the “IN” thing in the first place. I’m not sure there is a good reason to change your child’s eye color but doing it because it is the “IN” thing to do is definitely the wrong reason to do it.