Using Eugenics in terms of scientific pursuit is like saying math shouldn't be pursued because Hitler used it. It adds heat but no light and is a little silly.
As I keep repeating, it's a little thing by itself, but added to all the rest of the "news stories" that are designed to cause anger, fear, and confusion, it becomes a destructive force for our culture and our people.
There is no desire nor agenda to cause fear, anger, etc. here. This is an investigation and it leads where it leads. It is interesting in its own right and the report is clear that is just a tantalizing step in expanding mankind's knowledge of abiogenesis. Which is a good thing in any and all contexts.
Yes, I look like a stupid old fool for raising this issue because it's only one small thing, but if a lot of us had slapped stuff like this down during the past 30 years, we wouldn't be in the pickle we're in now. 'sall I'm saying.
Yes, "slapping down" such scientific pursuits would have ensured we didn't have Metformin (which I need to live), Plavix, non-chemo-based Cancer therapy, Lipitor and the like.
But before I go on, what "pickle" do you speak of? I can only see good from our aggressive pursuit of science, and abiogenesis may produce results that we can not imagine. Self-replicating molecules! Can you imagine what that may mean for things like generating skin or even whole organs some day? Bio-computers that can emulate the human brain? Mass modeling with the ability to control for variables?
And that is just off the top of my head...
Not going to continue this apples/oranges discussion with you. If you can’t see my point no matter how many times I explain it, talking to you is fruitless. If you continue to examine your navel while missing the big picture, this conversation will continue to be one-sided, but without me.