What does gene manipulation mean to you? Do you believe this is a good thing and caution should be thrown to the wind? Or do you subscribe to the school of thought quoting care and redundant studies ensuring that every single aspect of these applications are complete safe?
2007-11-04 01:26:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Gene manipulation to me, means that scientists are able to extract specific chromosomes to achieve the best possible outcome. I think that we should not tempt fate and distrupt nature. Good question!
2007-11-04 01:36:48 · answer #1 · answered by ≤ Flattery Operated © 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally like any technology, gene manipulation can backfire or produce positive results. It isn't anything new really when it comes down to it. Man has been practicing selective breeding for quite some time. The only difference might be that at least with this slower method, man can see if there are serious harmful effects to the environment.
Bug resistant corn sounds great but what happens if it overtakes natural plants and environments? Do we really know the far reaching effects?
What about man's greed? Do we really have the wisdom not to shoot ourselves in the foot because it is profitable?
I'm sure that gene manipulation can be a good thing in many respects but like you suggest, studies should be used just like the drug industry to see long term impact.
2007-11-04 03:44:50 · answer #2 · answered by carefulspider@rogers.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
warning to the wind? the place did you get that concept from? Gene manipulation is an exceedingly great and severe area of technological awareness. does not or not this is great is a gene for a particular style of maximum cancers grew to become into stumbled on and via manipulation it ought to maintain many lives?
2016-10-01 22:23:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes me uneasy, in that the long-term affects of genetic engineering have yet to be discovered. It's like other things that were deemed safe when I was growing up in the 50s-60s that have since been found to cause birth defects or cancer, etc.
You never know how safe something really is when you mess around with molecules and such that nature had put together in its own specific way.
2007-11-04 01:34:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This brings up some serious questions: like
Who are you to be gettin in my genes? Where'd you leave your genes last night?
2007-11-04 01:56:01 · answer #5 · answered by StarTripDreamer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think we can live without gene manipulation.
2007-11-08 00:02:42 · answer #6 · answered by Celeste 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Provided that you only manipulate your own genes (not your offsprings...they can make up their own mind...), then it's hard to argue with it. Peoples bodies are their own, they can do what they want to them.
2007-11-04 02:49:52 · answer #7 · answered by Rafael 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything worth while involves a risk
2007-11-04 01:34:19 · answer #8 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for me is have a good & bad way
good one is to traited the illnesses & infections
the bad one is make human as a slaves
2007-11-08 01:22:42 · answer #9 · answered by kh-snake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋