01-31-2022, 07:59 PM
I can see this going south in a hell of a hurry.
When you get right down to the molecular, genetic level, very few, if any, human traits are controlled by a single gene. What makes you "you" is the effects of the combination of a multiplicity of genes, acting together. If you turn off one gene to control a disease, what OTHER traits might that gene have a hand in contributing to and controlling as well?/ What else might they be changing by turning that one gene off to control a disease?
Nope, nope, nope. that could get hairy, and fraught with unintended consequences.
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When you get right down to the molecular, genetic level, very few, if any, human traits are controlled by a single gene. What makes you "you" is the effects of the combination of a multiplicity of genes, acting together. If you turn off one gene to control a disease, what OTHER traits might that gene have a hand in contributing to and controlling as well?/ What else might they be changing by turning that one gene off to control a disease?
Nope, nope, nope. that could get hairy, and fraught with unintended consequences.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’