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• thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  But that doesn’t answer the question of whether we are morally obliged to use it for good purposes when possible. It’s just a different point entirely.

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  • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sounds to me like you’re fine with collateral damage as long as you get to edit certain neurodiverse people out of the gene pool.

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    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s actually absurd to me that you’re able to read that out of my comment. I’m literally asking whether we have a moral obligation to use the technology available to us to prevent cancer, ALS, Alzheimer’s, compromised immune systems, metabolic diseases, and fragile backs in our future children.

      I even specifically stated that this wasn’t about whether the same technology can be used for nefarious purposes, which is a different discussion entirely.

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      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        It’s actually absurd to me that you’re able to read that out of my comment.

        I know. You can’t figure out why I’m not as cavalier as you are about something that will absolutely be misused. People are already so hateful of neurodiversity already that they’re willing to risk everyone’s health because charlatans have convinced them that the MMR vaccine will cause their children to be autistic. Except there’s actual science behind sexual preference being genetic. You think that bigots aren’t going to try to edit the gay away? Or edit the gays away? And we’ve seen with vaccines in this administration that these assholes are happy to try to give their backwards garbage the force of law.

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