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Could Colorblindness Cure Be Morally Wrong?
destinyland writes "One in 12 men suffers from colorblindness, though '[t]he good news here is that these folks are simply missing a patch of DNA ... which is just the kind of challenge this Millennium is made for. Enter science.' But NPR's Moira Gunn (from Biotech Nation) now asks a provocative question. Is it wrong to cure colorblindness? She reports on an experiment that used a virus to introduce corrective DNA into colorblind monkeys. ('It took 20 weeks, but eventually the monkeys started distinguishing between red and green.') Then she asks, could it be viewed differently? 'Are we trying to 'normalize' humans to a threshold of experience?'"
Are we talking about curing the lower case color blind or the upper case Color Blind?
It's not all puppies and kittens. When I asked my wife for my gray towel, she looked at me quite puzzled. It was shortly thereafter that the mystery of why her husband was using a purple towel was solved.
After calming me down with some orange slices and some fetal spooning, E.T. revealed to me his singular purpose.
Ah, but where does it end?
"Would you like ultra-wide spectrum super-HD eyes with 60x optical zoom, Internet-connected HUD and complimentary laser cannons, just like everyone else has?"
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
Hell yes.
No, I wouldn't. If everyone else has them, I want at least 120x optical zoom, ad-block on the HUD, and an automatic targeting program for the laser cannons.
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As long as it's able to run Crysis, I'd love it!
Sexual preference and skin color are not disabilities. They don't prevent anyone from doing anything.
Someone with color blindness is physically incapable of doing something that a large majority of people can do.
The colorblind are defective and must be repaired.
Ah, but where does it end?
"Would you like ultra-wide spectrum super-HD eyes with 60x optical zoom, Internet-connected HUD and complimentary laser cannons, just like everyone else has?"
Yes. Yes I do.
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No, I wouldn't. If everyone else has them, I want at least 120x optical zoom, ad-block on the HUD, and an automatic targeting program for the laser cannons.
Add the ability to convert Americans fat chicks into Sweden porn stars and you got yourself a deal.
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I'm as optimistic as the next guy that safe and affordable HD 60x optical zoom laser cannon eyeball technology is only a couple years away, but Crysis? Be reasonable with your expectations.
I think a cure for guidoness is something we must find now, not later. The people with this disorder dye themselves orange, and are by all accounts mentally handicapped. This is not something we should let happen to our fellow humans.
I am an interested customer.
Tell me, do the laser cannons automatically come with the packaged shark/s? I have had problems assembling parts in these kind of situations before, so it would also be nice to know if the shark comes pre-attached to the laser, or if any soldering is required.
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Lol. Green ketchup. Silly color-blind AC, ketchup is blue.
Add the ability to convert Americans fat chicks into Sweden porn stars and you got yourself a deal.
People have been using beer to achieve that effect for a long time.
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"Would you like to be cured?"
Problem solved.
If take this red pill you will be able to distinguishing between red and green. If you take this blue pill you will see colors no one has ever seen before. Far out man.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
Mine's broken! All I'm getting is Romanian Gymnasts.
Add the ability to convert Americans fat chicks into Sweden porn stars and you got yourself a deal.
People have been using beer to achieve that effect for a long time.
Yeah, but with beer the vomiting remains.
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if your code crashes the system powering your sight, how will you see the debugger output?
It's not all puppies and kittens. When I asked my wife for my gray towel, she looked at me quite puzzled. It was shortly thereafter that the mystery of why her husband was using a purple towel was solved.
That's like the time I found out my brown pants are actually a shade of green. I knew I was a little colorblind but still. And who the fuck wears green pants (except for me apparently) ?
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error.
Are you quite sure they're broken?
You put a robot's penis inside your car every time it's low on gas. Do you ask your car its permission? No, you don't even consider your car's feelings.
If you could "fix" high functioning autistic so that they could be completely normal what kind of effect might that have on scientific fields which attract such people?
They'd become nicer places to work.
If the patient thinks this is a moral grey area, he need the treatment stat!