I really liked the movie GATTACA. It seemed like a very plausible version of the future, though it went off on the Orwellian theme a bit. That's the problem with movies like that; they always dwell on all of the bad things that come from messing with nature and none of the good stuff. Sure, insurance companies would probably use DNA analysis to remove people from eligibility because of a predisposition to heart disease, but once they have the ability to scan for those kinds of defects, they'll soon be able to alter your DNA to switch that sucker off. People that are afraid of the repercussions should remember that if we learn nothing else from comic books, it's that nearly every time someone has had some sort of DNA altering experience they wound up with a super power.
To get past all the liberals and the ACLU law-dogs, the science nerds will focus their DNA altering skills on two things to start with: boners and baldness. If they find a way to switch off the baldness gene the lawmakers will fall all over themselves to allow the work to go forward. Fix erectile dysfunction and you've got a gold rush on your hands. Once the train's in motion, we're only a frogs hair away from ending other scourges as well...horrible genetic betrayals like being ugly. Imagine a world where you go to a bar and all the girls are pretty, and not just at 2 AM. In other words it would be like Salt Lake City.
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