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DarkestShadow
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26 Sep 2010, 12:02 am

they don't seem to understand, WE are the genetic perfection of humanity, WE are the next stage in human evolution



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26 Sep 2010, 5:47 am

DarkestShadow wrote:
they don't seem to understand, WE are the genetic perfection of humanity, WE are the next stage in human evolution

Don't necro threads, mmkay?



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27 Sep 2010, 2:39 am

Brainsforbreakfast wrote:
Take sickle cell anemia for example. It might be considered a genetic disorder people would be best without, but at the same time it gives you a much higher resistance against malaria.


sickle cell is protective in the haploid state; in the diploid state, it cause extreme pain and/or death with exertion.

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29 Sep 2010, 4:06 pm

Perfection is an idea divorced from reality. The very idea of perfection is flawed. Can any two humans agree on what perfection is? How then 6 billion?



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30 Sep 2010, 5:36 am

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You know, I'm actually writing a sci-fi novel about the psychological effects of genetic engineering on humans. Sometimes, I've had this irrational fear that, because of the incredible physical and mental power given to them, these super-people would become virtual psychopaths that show no pity, remorse, pain or fear (Thank you, Kyle Reese, for letting me steal one of your lines!) That may be true in some cases, but that doesn't mean we're going to have a bunch of Terminators roaming around. I asked by science teacher about this, and she said that instead of killer Arnolds, we'd have a bunch of superhuman Shinji Ikaris.


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