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Originally Posted by leesa
Cancer is rotten but even if we manage to find a universal cure for all types of cancer, something else will crop up next.
Docs and scientists acknowledge genetic predisposition towards certain cancers and health problems, and modern medicine has resulted in the ability for us to survive a lot of those conditions, keeping us alive to pass those genes along to the next generation for further proliferation.
IMPO it's going to forever be a game of cat and mouse. New health problems will crop up... scientists will eventually find cures or treatments... and new health problems will crop up.
It's not a nice topic I know, but shouldn't we as a species have a responsibility to not perpetuate genetic conditions that result in suffering? I'm not saying people shouldn't be treated... but why have kids and pass the genes on?
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In theory with zero empathy/compassion that logic would work. But as humans with families it will never happen like that.