Posted on Jun 15, 2015
Super Soldiers and Bio Engineering: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly?
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Captain America, Universal Soldier, Resident Evil, Frankenstein, and even H. G. Wells "The Island of Doctor Moreau" represent a fascination with making us bigger, better, faster, and in some cases, meaner.
How far do you think we are from cyber or bio-enhancements that threaten our current norms for medical necessity or "quality of life"? Will the battlefield be the testing ground for these super humans?
Should we wait until patients are old enough to consent? or is in vitro "gene-therapy" at the parents request acceptable? If you could have your child born with wings, would you?
Dig into your greatest hopes and darkest fears, I want to know what dreams and nightmares are made of.
How far do you think we are from cyber or bio-enhancements that threaten our current norms for medical necessity or "quality of life"? Will the battlefield be the testing ground for these super humans?
Should we wait until patients are old enough to consent? or is in vitro "gene-therapy" at the parents request acceptable? If you could have your child born with wings, would you?
Dig into your greatest hopes and darkest fears, I want to know what dreams and nightmares are made of.
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The more you think about it, the more the ethical dilemma grows.
Cpl (Join to see) started with "what if my child" posing it as a core health question.....but take that to the next level: What if your child, being in perfect health, wasn't strong enough to compete in life because so many of the people that he would have to compete against are already products of bio-engineering? Then the moral question takes on another layer of "is this okay, since everyone's doing it?". It's an interesting conversation, and one that could be explored at almost unlimited depth and result in a whole lot more questions than answers.
Cpl (Join to see) started with "what if my child" posing it as a core health question.....but take that to the next level: What if your child, being in perfect health, wasn't strong enough to compete in life because so many of the people that he would have to compete against are already products of bio-engineering? Then the moral question takes on another layer of "is this okay, since everyone's doing it?". It's an interesting conversation, and one that could be explored at almost unlimited depth and result in a whole lot more questions than answers.
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This concept was explored, rather well in my opinion, in the movie Gattaca. Whereby those who are not genetically modified become a lessor caste of people, with fewer rights and less status. The staggering thing is that it is not that far-fetched of an issue.
This is a good read though out of date
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/opinion/genetically-modified-babies.html?_r=0
This is a good read though out of date
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/opinion/genetically-modified-babies.html?_r=0
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I do not believe this is an if rather a when... and quite possibly, how much have they achieved already. If we know about it, then it means the military/government has been working on it for a while already. As for my kids, I would like to say, NO no modification; but that would be an absolute in an uncertain world. The what-if scenario's surrounding this question and topic are mind boggling. What if my child would be born with a heart defect but my child could receive a treatment to make the heart stronger? The ethical dilemma proposed is staggering.
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CW2 Joseph Evans I think some of us have already been trying by our own. Pre-workouts, Creatine, Test Booster, Fat Burners, so forth and so on. I think what we are afraid is of something that really make a difference and that does what it says it will do. When we try a new Pre-workout, we are looking for more strength, break PRs and basically try to do more with less.
I bet there are lot of Soldiers that would try a Super Serum to be a Steven Rogers. I don't want a son with wings but if he can fly without them, that would be something.
I bet there are lot of Soldiers that would try a Super Serum to be a Steven Rogers. I don't want a son with wings but if he can fly without them, that would be something.
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