What the BBC doesn't say is that this is an important step towards eventually being able to genetically modify healthy, adult people.
It's a trojan horse, and the clever thing about it is that there are valid medical reasons for it.
It's a trojan horse, and the clever thing about it is that there are valid medical reasons for it.
I can't edit or remove my comment because Hacker News believes they know better than me if I should have the ability to edit or remove my own comments.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/car-t-cell-gene-therapy-...
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/11/17/fda-likely-to-...
You effectively can't trust the regulators of something so potentially disruptive of the balance of power.
In Blade Runner, Replicants were not robots. They were genetically modified human beings designed to make them perfect slaves.
I don't expect perfection, but I expect an attempt at forcibly modifying people to make them healthier and satisfied in an increasingly unhealthier society.
No need to reform society if you can change human nature.