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i don't, this show sounds lame
but other people might :O
3 licks and you're kind of just at the center dude.
And what we are finding things such as strength, intelligence and looks are so complicated it is unlikely we will really get to a Gattaca style world anytime soon. On top of we don't know if alter a few genes for improved intelligence won't cause a whole host of other issues.
Even genetic chronic disease is very complicated and fixing markers that seem to correlate to these diseases doesn't mean the disease will be cured either.
Still I would be up for the testing just because the change in my quality of life would be huge.
You'd need a metallic firing pin. They might be able to do 3-D printed springs but I'm not sure if they would be reliable enough for a trigger if made of plastic. I'd also be curious as to how much pressure the firing chamber can take using plastics from a 3-D printer.
When it comes to schools, which is what people are usually referring to with regards to affirmative action, I believe most colleges and universities say they don't even consider and sort of legal quotas because they've either been phased out or because they're already exceeding them so substantially they they don't need to. Any perceived bias in admissions is just internal policy to come up with a balanced student body.
I don't think anyone is going to be watching "The L Word". In fact, I'm betting I'm pretty much alone.
Spoilering "The L Word" is like spoilering "Cinderella". You just KNOW what's going to happen.
Gun people with a scary and batshit outlook? No way.
Read up on the camera crew that got attacked in KY today, and the newspaper reporter who was threatened...because they were in the town where that two year old was shot by their five year old brother's gun.
Hell, as much as I disagree with some of the pro-gun people in our gun thread here, pretty much none of them are close to the pants-on-the-head crazy that's pretty ubiquitous in the pro-gun circles.
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I don't spoil things that are super important or intricate
Like Game of Thrones or Twin Peaks.
iirc quota systems were ruled unconstitutional
Yeah, the firing pin they used was purchased, not printed. It's a single shot pistol, I'm not sure how they propelled the firing pin though, but the action of loading and cocking it re-set the trigger afaik.
Leveling the playing field is one thing.
But what about giving kids advantages (assuming it becomes possible) ? Why would you not predispose your kid to high IQ/g or to a fast metabolism or to Michael Phelps-esque long limbs and a broad frame for swimming (as an example) ? If the technology becomes practicable, there is eventually literally nothing that will be able to stop (some) people from doing it. Sure, you can make something illegal, but the historical record shows that trying to defeat something with enormous demand through legislation only drives it underground, with potentially worse consequences.
When everyone is special, no one will be.
it's not obvious to me that genetic enhancement will break along party lines. if anything, i'd guess that conservatives will tend to oppose it out of the traditional right-wing troika of "religious objections," "fear of change" and "general orneriness."
the left-wing objection would be that it gives those who can afford it an even larger advantage. it's worth noting that these sorts of ideals haven't really done anything to influence politics since, like 1910.
publicly funded space exploration will continue to be a stupid waste of a money-pit and will be eliminated as soon as private exploration makes some minor strides and the big defense companies see the writing on the wall and stop lobbying their republican congresspeople for space funding.
So obviously it's bullshit and unethical or whatever and should be banned.
Lots of assumptions for something that probably won't come around for a few decades. Societal changes of this scale tend to be opposed more by conservatives than liberal groups but I can see where you are coming from.
And there is also a large group of liberals and educated folks who will see it as moving forward in evolution.
I mean if we don't wipe ourselves out in the next 20 to 30 years.
Also I think you are missing what an actual social justice progressive is verse the caricature of a social justice progressive.
Just eat a bunch of fetuses for their delicious stem cells.
Their durability is getting pretty impressive. Their AR lower is supposed to be pretty resilient and all the other parts are purchasable online. They just tested a new pistol I think that is completely 3d printed except for the firing pin which is a nail. It's gonna be a while before it can get through an entire magazine though.
And there are just some upper limits you hit just based on our design. It's possible under extreme conditions for muscles to break the bone they are attached to. Increasing muscle strength could mean serious problems if you shift the capability from extreme to unlikely. Particularly when that group gets older and osteoporosis becomes an issue.
I've been watching The Wire, and unions are pretty great. Just say you can't pay your bills, then get a few thousand bucks next time you go to the bar? Need some extra cash so you sell some chemicals to drug dealers and get another few thousand? Yes, please!
Jesus, I was part of a union for about two months once, and I didn't get any of those awesome perks.
Also his 3D printer thing, last I saw, still required you to buy the registered and serial numbered working parts of an AR-15 from Colt or whoever makes them.
His part of the equation you could as well carve in wood for all I care. It is far from the case where you press print and end up with a weapon. Basically it's a frame so who cares. Just ignore another deluded libertarian kid among the thousands of deluded libertarian kids already best ignored.
Nah, you're overthinking it.
It won't get pushed underground. It'll get pushed offshore.
How long do you think we'll be letting China churn out Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt caliber athletes? Or super-smart students? Hell - even if it doesn't have much to do with genetics, all we'll need is a PERCEPTION of a 'genetics gap' to get that stuff all legalized up ins.
but stem cells adapt to whatever part of the body they're placed in
and the last thing i need are more tongue and stomach cells
The Tea Party engenders a reaction from the left that spawns The New Deal 2: House Rules: Return of the Happy Warrior: The Search for Keynes's Gold.
An Aaron Sorkin joint.
my charisma is already at the minimum, at least let me max intelligence
god
reroll pls
You can always fix Charisma.
Cosmetic surgery is where it's at.
Or just put me in a computer and make me a hundred times more intelligent.
I think it's more a question of if it's possible. A lot of what you are proposing to tinker with are some very complicated systems. And not all of them can be replicated in test species. I can test muscle improvements in rats but tinkering with brain functions is going to be a nightmare to test.
Like some freakish cow-stomached Gene Simmons impersonator...