• DrownedRats@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    “Speed limits are holding me back from getting from a to B in as little time as possible” yeah, and they reduce the likelihood of injuring/killing a people in the process.

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      2 hours ago

      Then why isn’t the speed limit 0 everywhere? Speed limits are a balance between two opposing concerns.

      In this case, ethics is holding back life-saving treatments. Ethics boards should approve gene editing more than they currently do.

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        1 hour ago

        I’m not arguing that ethics boards cant be overly stringent. But there’s a reason we have them in the first place and that still doesn’t make it alright to start conducting unauthorised experiments on people.

        Even if it turned out OK in this case, and we still can’t say that it definitely did, the next person who trys to pull a stunt like this might not be so lucky, qualified, or knowledgable.

        What’s the alternative here?

      • nintendiator@feddit.cl
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        4 hours ago

        Everyone wants to get to their point B, ad they are all statistically pretty sure you are not as good a driver as you think you are.