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I know that few really care to know more but the situation is much more complicated than the information given. First of all, similar experiments have been done in china with the scientist being celebrated. The scientist He Jiankui was mostly condemned because of the media and public condemnation. His goal was eliminating HIV in the children of HIV positive parents (something so heavily stigmatized in China that you are ostracized and not even allowed to have a child via sperm washing) and he was successful! His methods were unethical but honestly pretty standard for China and he definitely acted in a manipulative manner towards the parents. But this situation in reality has nothing to do with ethics and everything to do with optics. He was jailed because the ccp cares far more about china looking good than one man. More experiments with even worse ethics continue and you’re punished not based on your actions but how people feel when your studies go public.

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BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Where do you feel Chinese ethics lack compared to American ethics?

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Semjaza@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Didn’t he only treat one of each set of twins, and used a faulty method that has been supplanted?

In addition to all the lying and manipulating the parents to get them to agree and not ask many questions.

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- molten@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Sounds right. I’m not an expert but I did a report on him back in college so I’ve got a a little clear info and a little foggy. He certainly isn’t a good guy but he’s almost never represented properly which is a shame. He was no mad scientist but if people celebrated his accomplishments they just wouldn’t have jailed him.
  
  That’s kind of the way things are done in china imo. It’s kind of a trip visiting and hearing residents drinking the koolaid and pretending to drink the koolaid just to stay safe. I’ve had a few guides with different views on the government. One “extremist” just talked to me about how people are suppressed and the government could be better. Was all about how he’d be locked up and his family doesn’t approve of his views. It’s a different place.
  
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