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performed in third world countries

Performed in third world countries

controlled by the government

Controlled by the government

deeply embedded in the mainstream

Deeply embedded in the mainstream

The well being of our children

philosophy and religion

Philosophy and religion

protecting the human gene pool

Protecting the human gene pool

Would transform our institutions and our lives

Would have little real impact on our social intsitutions

Would reinforce tradition institutions

Would significantly debase our culture

Most scientists working on the project oppose gaining such control

Most scientists working on the project are unaware of this potential

This promise is far from the minds of most scientists working on the project

Most scientists worry that such control will aggravate public panic

Have not thought through the larger implications of the wave of new technological developments in reproductive biology

Have carefully thought through larger implications of new technological developments in reproductive biology

Ignore the larger implications of the wave of new technological developments in reproductive biology

Underestimate the larger implications of the wave of new technological developments in reproductive biology

Canine evolution

Cattle evolution

Both banning human germline engineering catagorically

Both are endorsing human germline engineering

Differ with France banning it and Germany endorsing it

Differ with Germany banning it and France endorsing it

Will be irrelevant to

Will greatly influence

Will abandon the effort to manipulate the genes of our children in sophisticated ways

Will regret manipulating the genes of our children in sophisticated ways

Will prohibit the manipulation of the genes of our children

Will manipulate the genes of our children

Will never genetically determine our native toungue

Will someday genetically determine our native tongue

Will make spoken language obsolete

None of the above

Not from its failure but from its success

Political opposition

Religious opposition

Managing its costs

May permanently reject genetic technologies

May reject genetic technologies for a while, but this will prove to be ineffective

May make genetic technologies mandatory

None of the above

Is bound to drift out of the hands of traditional medical researchers and clinicians

It is likely to come under even tighter political regulations

It is unlikely to be left to the free-market mechanisms

It is likely to be controlled by religious organizations

Will never live up to expectations

Will offer us significant benefits

Will produce significant physical and emotional harms

None of the above

Develop reliable generalized methods for germline intervention

Enflame public concern

Enlarge research bugets

A positive ethical evaluation and the benefits must be worth the discomforts of brain surgery.

The benefits could not be as easily achieved through some noninvasive procedure and a positive regulatory evaluation of safety

The benefits could not be as easily achieved through some noninvasive procedure and the benefits must be worth the discomforts of brain surgery

None: He believes such brain-computer links to be wholly unacceptable

It may be possible to select or modify embryos to achieve these predispositions

It will still be impossible to select or modify embryos to achieve these predispositions

It will still be immoral to select or modify embryos to achieve these predispositions

It will become morally imperative to select or modify embryos to achieve these predispositions

We have a very clear idea of the limits of the human lifespan

We already know how much the human lifespan might be extended

We have made no real progress in extending the standard of human lifespan

None of the above

Reduced public concern will smooth the way to actually genetically manipulating embryos

Widespread concerns about fairness and equity occur

Deepening religious objections to "playing god" will emerge

None of the above

The wrong designation for humans

The ultimate point of evolutionary change

Is too inclusive a designation

None of the above

The stuff of science fiction

Likely, but very distant

Already being implemented

Are reasonably good

Are wholly fantastic

Are undesirable for several reasons

Merely wishful thinking

A matter of politics

A matter of boundaries

A matter of economics

A matter of ethics

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