Concerning Aaron Woell’s article about the ethics of genetic experimentation, I feel that it’s not “all good” to mess with Mother Nature and alter the course of humankind.

Genetic experimentation is indeed a new and innovative way to alter the world around us.

Of course, new technology has helped decrease the death rate, but is it really worth it?

Can we really alter someone’s intelligence just because he/she doesn’t quite live up to our expectations?

Arguing that genetic engineering is not different than allowing nature to take its course is wrong because of moral, ethical and other obvious reasons.

If we allow genetic engineering of humans to occur, the world will become a rather dull and boring place because everyone will be the same; individuality will no longer exist.

Granted, more of us will be healthy and will live longer lives, but won’t that make the death rate plummet and our overpopulation problem only get worse?

Picture a world where every human being was genetically altered to possess the characteristics they believe are ideal, such as hair color, height, body shape, etc.

We would forfeit some of the simple joys in life and live the life of programmed robots because our own individual uniqueness would be dissolved into a world of complete similarity. If we have enough intelligence in our given brains to develop genetic experimentation, why should we need to make ourselves more intelligent or modify ourselves to the likeness of others?

I, too, believe in science, but we need to draw the line somewhere. If we don’t stop this scientific trend before it gets out of hand, we will truly be a “fake” world, altered to everyone’s expectations.

Genetic engineering is really a delicate science that we should not misuse. We should not tamper with our precious minds.

Kerry Schmid

Freshman

Pre-business