Then why isn’t the speed limit 0 everywhere? Speed limits are a balance between two opposing concerns.
In this case, ethics is holding back life-saving treatments. Ethics boards should approve gene editing more than they currently do.
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DrownedRats@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
“Speed limits are holding me back from getting from a to B in as little time as possible” yeah, and they reduce the likelihood of injuring/killing a people in the process.
jsomae@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
DrownedRats@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m not arguing that ethics boards cant be overly stringent. But there’s a reason we have them in the first place and that still doesn’t make it alright to start conducting unauthorised experiments on people.
Even if it turned out OK in this case, and we still can’t say that it definitely did, the next person who trys to pull a stunt like this might not be so lucky, qualified, or knowledgable.
What’s the alternative here?
melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
yeah, but, consider: I really want to get to point B. like, so badly. and I’m pretty sure I’m a good driver.
nintendiator@feddit.cl 4 weeks ago
Everyone wants to get to their point B, ad they are all statistically pretty sure you are not as good a driver as you think you are.
melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
okay but what if I’m, like, really sure I’m good? or I just want it so so so so so so bad?
nintendiator@feddit.cl 4 weeks ago
you want it so so so so so bad that you don’t care if other people die in the process?
We have terms for when one goes on with that, such as “crime”, and it’s penalized.