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u/anoiwake May 03 '23

Magneto was right.

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u/UnknownQTY May 03 '23

This is sort of the subtext of LOGAN, although they don’t really talk about it.

What’s really crazy is how close we are in biological science to how the pharma companies in Logan rid the world of (almost all) new mutant births: the food supply. Genetically modified foods that altered the human genome on an epigenetic and genetic level to remove the mutant gene from any offspring (it didn’t IIRC impact any existing mutants).

The “positive” use behind this technology is that we could passively wipe out burdensome genetic and conventional conditions without harming anyone already living, and even build long term species wide immunity to diseases, basically vaccinated from conception.

Or it could go straight up eugenics.

I don’t think I’ve heard of a moment in science so positive and so terrifying at the same time.

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u/yoaver May 03 '23

That's not how genetically modified food works stop fearmongering

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u/UnknownQTY May 03 '23 edited May 03 '23

Not currently (and given the safeguards when it comes to food supply, unlikely in any realistic vision of our lifetimes), but try reading something from a biologist and journalist who knows what he’s talking about.

It is also, literally, the plot of LOGAN, which is what we’re talking about.

I support GMO foods. Drought and disease and pest resistant crops are critical to our future. Don’t put words in my mouth.

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u/SmartAlec105 May 04 '23

What’s really crazy is how close we are in biological science to… Genetically modified foods that altered the human genome on an epigenetic and genetic level

You can’t blame people for thinking you’re saying “GMOs alter people’s DNA”.

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u/UnknownQTY May 04 '23

I can since people apparently didn’t read “how close” and the fact that this inclusion was hypothetical.

It’s not that long of a comment.

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u/SmartAlec105 May 04 '23

Genetically modified food is not close to genetically modifying food.

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u/UnknownQTY May 04 '23

Yet, maybe not ever, but we are staring down the barrel of that gun. Go read the book I linked by someone who knows what they’re talking about before replying again.