Genetic Engineering, which should finally work!

Genetic Engineering is one of those things that is just too new to know with any certainty the outcome. Sure in today's age most of the food we eat has been, in some way, genetically altered, but thats food it just gets eaten. Food can be played with, altered, studied, and if something goes wrong, it can just be thrown away however the same principles do not apply with small children. Sure there are some advantages, many could initailly be quite beneficial to society, but in the long run genetically engineering humans is simply a matter of how long before something goes terribly wrong.
One of the biggest issues with genetic engineering today is that people say it is replacing God. To many, if not most religions this may be in fact true, however not everyone believes in God, and this could easily lead to a more religious, ethical debate. For these reasons the focus of this paper will rely more on the direct physical aspects of the concept.
Probably the biggest upside to genetic engineering is the abolishment of nearly any and all diseases and disorders. The certainly sounds like a great idea up front, but in the long run these ailments may be beneficial to society as a whole. Research has been done with tourette's syndrome and shows that a large majority of people with the disease, do not think it should be done away with. While many of these people suffer from severe cases of the syndrome, they feel it is the hand they were dealt and that is has shaped them into the people that they are today. In many ways seeing people with these disorders also allows the appreciation of a healthy life. Without the extreme lows, people may not be so willing to appreciate a more average life. While there clearly are tremendous short term effects to eliminating disease, the long term effects could potentially be much worse.
Another huge problem with genetically engineering humans has to do with similarity. As any good parent would do, people will want the best for their children, smart, good looking, athletic, etc. but eventually people are going to become meer clones of one another. Aside from the obvious problems this presents involving identitiy and individuality, it also exposes one major flaw. If all people are genetically engineered the same, that leaves them all suseptable to the same strand of illness. In the past things such as the black plague wiped out millions of people, from hundreds of thousands of families. Now had these been millions of the same people, who knows what could've happened, but the results could have been far, far worse.
In conclusion I feel that genetic engineering is not something that the world is ready for. There are far too many unknowns, risks, and social issues for it to be done, especially on a large scale. Regardless of the scientific, social, and religious views, the answer comes down to one thing, humans have been around for millions of years on our own, and we're doing just fine without it.

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