Today in science class we started to learn about how we genetically modify the human genes to create babies of our liking. How amazing it is that we can now choose what we want our children to look like. My parents did that for my siblings and me and I have to say we look like a very charming bunch of people. Once again my grandma doesn't agree with all this. She goes on saying well in her day people fell in love, had babies and were surprised at finding out if their child was a girl or boy. They didn't care what they looked like or what they would grow up to be but the fact that they have a baby that looks like them and would one day be a spitting image of them.
Well why on earth would you want someone that looks like you. None of my siblings or myself look like my parents and I'm happy about that. My mum has a big nose and is skinny like a stick while my dad has a small mouth and is very largely built with wide shoulders. Why would I want to look like them not to mention letting my children look like that.
I get frustrated every time my grandma complains about society. She can keep complaining but she is part of this society now so she has to live with it. The world isn't that bad is it? We live well and we live long, longer than any generation has. Thanks to the improvement in technology, science and medicine we can live for well over 100 years and still look young. Scientists are still working on perfecting a longevity drug that can help us to live forever. They say it should be finished in a couple of months and I hope so because I would love to live for eternity.
WOW, my post today is really long. I guess there is a lot to say. The world is changing a lot every minute of every day and we are all changing with it.
I agree Lizzie_wwjd? there is a lot to say about the world today. It is definitely changing and changing fast. But take a step back a bit. Have you realised what you are saying? You are complaining about what your parents look like. Back in your grandmothers day there were people that liked what their parents looked like. They wanted to look like their parents and their siblings because it made it seem like they belonged to a group, belonged to a family.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I pretty much like the world today this is one aspect I despise. I believe that we don't have the right of playing God, or mucking around and changing the way mother earth runs. We can change how we run our lives but we can't change how mother nature runs.
Also Longevity isn't as good as it seems.
E, what your saying I guess is pretty true. why should we mess with God and nature. What are your thoughts on Longevity it seems you may have many.
ReplyDeleteWell you see Lizzie_wwjd I've read many books in the past about Longevity and they all don't end well at all. The main idea of longevity is to live forever. If everyone lives forever that means no one dies. if people continue having babies and they grow up and never die then... the world gets over crouded. A large increase in population can cause a shortage on supplies and recources and this will start wars and violence. Something I know you and I both don't want. So don't look forward to longevity because it's something that will destroy the world.
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