Re: [TIED] Re: We, the weed

From: Danny Wier
Message: 2835
Date: 2000-07-11

--- Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...> wrote:

> Hakan:
> >But we should watch out - genetic research may not only abolish
> > >prejudices, it may also be used to preserve them. There seems to be a
> > >lot of money being spent in finding more or less credible genetic >causes
> >for psychological or sociological problems, like alcoholism, >criminality,
> >depression, hyperactive children --- They'll probably >discover the
> >"unemployment gene" as well! Many people are so excited >about what the
> >geneticists have found that they tend to believe that >genetics is all we
> >need to understand people.
>
> You're speaking of "Gattaca". A story about a man trapped in a future world

Brave New World came to mind, for me. Shows my originality doesn't it.

DaW.

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