On one hand, especially since diving into the world of TCM and focusing on people and the elements in their most natural state, I can lean to one side and say that we have no business monkeying around with gene alterations. It seems wrong to mess with the most fundamental and basic component of our being. It seems to be asking for trouble, and thoughts of a blasted open pandora's box enter my imagination. Where do you draw the line? I see lines and lines of perfect little cloned humans marching along. Where do we learn our "hard" life lessons from? Would the world have the same level of inspiration if we didn't see people overcoming health-related obstacles that might be preventable with gene therapy? How do we decide which genes get altered? Only very severe diseases? What qualifies as "very" severe? It seems a slippery slope of the list of diseases lining up to be eliminated with these therapies.......boom! Off comes pandora's lid....
Now on the other hand, I think, yes living in a manner that is as close to natural is the way to go. But we humans are a smart lot, yes we are. Can it be argued that as we encounter more and more disease and problems in this world, perhaps it IS natural evolution, and acceptable and appropriate even, to use our intelligent minds and problem-solve our way out of some of these messes. Why should someone have to live with Hepatitis B if we can figure out a way to eliminate it?
Much to think about...
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