Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-04-21]: Research shows that parents want to make genetics tests to their children in order to discover whether they have genes that predispose them to diseases in the future [
BBC News]. Film Gattaca was rather prophetic... The assumption that everything is defined by our genes is an annoyingly dogmatic view stems from the belief in Genetic and Causality, without taking into consideration any other factor. We are not machines. Neither computer programs. But anyway, if we continue to believe it so much, we can become like them...
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