In our Biology class, we watched a movie called
GATTACA, and it is based on a society that is perfect, and there are no exceptions. Everyone has to sign in with their finger print everyday, and sometimes you have to give a urine or blood sample to prove who you are. Then, on a computer moniter it will show your picture and say whether you or "valid" or "in-valid."
Can you imagine living in a society where everything and everyone is perfect? There are no weaknesses or misfits, and everyone is physically perfect. What would be the advantages and disadvantages or living in a society like this? Well, I think an advantage would be the fact that there wouldn't be any "bullying" or making fun of others, because everyone would be perfect and there wouldn't be any reasons to make fun of anybody else. Also, you wouldn't have to worry about proving to others that you can fit in, because if you are perfect, then you fit in with everybody else and there is nothing wrong with you. I think there would be many disadvantages to living in a perfect society. Nobody would know how to deal with adversity, because nothing would ever go wrong. Therefore, if something did go wrong, everyone would freak out and not know what to do. Also, there wouldn't be very much individuality, because everyone would have to be themselves all the time and nobody would be able to show their true personalities and have fun.
What would happen if we were able to exclude the eccentric, the different, the misfits, and the weak in our society? Honestly, I think the world would be incredibly boring. Nobody is perfect, and our society is very interesting because we DO have misfits and we have to discover ways to deal with them. Like I said before, if we had no misfits we wouldn't know how to deal with adversity. Things don't go our way sometimes, and we have to learn how to deal with them, and those situations only make us stronger.
Genetic engineering is the scientific alteration of the structure of genetic material in a living organism. I think there are limits that should be put into this. If scientists were to go inside and change genes of babies in the womb and allow there to be no mishaps or weaknesses, then we would have perfect little babies running around everywhere. Although, genetic engineering can be used for the better, but it is always up to the parents of the baby whether they want it done or not. Personally, if I were pregnant, I would want my baby to come out just the way that it was. I understand that genetic engineering can be used to eliminate diseases and physical imperfections, as well. I will admit, if I knew my baby was going to have a deadly disease, I would try and see if they could fix it somehow to try to save it.
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