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Eugenics is back! (hexbear.net)

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[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And we haven't even BEGUN to dig into the microbiome: maybe we don't want to experiment with editing our own fully human DNA, but editing the bacterial DNA could have profound implications, especially for anything digestive-related.

99% of health problems are the result of stress which is the result of rich people overworking poor people

outside of curing cystic fibrosis and a few other inborn things, CRISPR's gonna be useless for health

even cosmetic traits like "blue eyes" seem to not be entirely dependent on genes. the incidence of blue eyes in mayo americans has fallen from 60% to 20% in a century, despite no admixture and no selection against the known light-eye genes

Sickle cell anemia? It's irrelevant if the person eats Cassava. It disappears.

Also you can just look at the last 70 years of US media and news to see how drastically the same exact population's (White and Black Americans) appearance can change drastically.

Even the insulin stuff is unnecessary if people just have what they need, the rate of diabetes would plummet in the first place.

"it continuing to grow" would imply that these problems haven't been solved, and are getting worse--in which case the CRISPR will be a band-aid (likely with more side effects down the line)

genes are incredibly overrated. Resources and lifestyle are everything.