The movie Gattaca begins with the ambiguous statement "In the not too distant future." The movie revolves around Vincent who was born in the naural way, unfortunateley most of the world is genetically altered to be the best possible. Vincent is deemed an Invalid due to his high chance of heart disease and failure as well as the need for glasses. His brother Anton is a Valid and they often try to outdo each other especially by chicken were Vincent always loses. He dreams of one day of going into space and works as a janitor at Gattaca a space faring company. One day Vincent trys to beat Anton at chicken again and succeeds. He will not be able to work there as an astronaut because of his condition. He decides to take Jerome's identity a Valid who is now paralyzed. Vincent is able to fool the genetics tests in a variety of ways using samples from Jerome. A director at Gattaca is murdered and two detectives investigate. After the investigation a Valid is arrested and the main detective reveals himself as Anton. They play chicken again and again Vincent wins. Vincent then goes to Gattaca on his launch day and is surprised by a last urine test. the doctor sees that he is Invalid but passes him anyway. Jerome incinerates himself as Vincent takes off and Vincent says that he used to only want to leave earth now he's sad to go and that maybe he's going home.
I enjoyed Gattaca and i believe it is a very good examination of the human condition.
There are nine things on the "Natal Spectrum" and these are as followed (least contreversial to most) : 1.Natural Birth, 2.Fertility drugs, 3. Carrier testing, 4. Prenatal testing, 5. Artificial insemination, 6. In Vitro Fertilization, 7. Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis for Diseases8.Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis for Non-deleterious Traits, 9.Human Cloning
I chose to organize my list this way because natural birth is obviously the least contreversial i mean you can't really argue with nature. I chose fertility drugs next because it doesnt really change much. I chose carrier testing and prenatal testing next because that can be helpful in preventng disease. I chose artificial insemination as the middle point because i dont see a major problem with it. It is just natural birth with a different way of fertilization. In vtro fertilization is accaptable to me but i believe it is very contreversial. Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis for diseases im not very supportive of picking and chosing embryos. pre-implantation for no delterious traits i completeley disagree with you shouldnt mess with nature in that way. Human cloning in my opinion is just completely unaccaptable.
I would draw the line after number 7 on the scale because all the things before it offer some benefiets.but after that i think that choosing traits and cloning are just unatural and i frankly just disapprove.
Hey Justice. I cannot believe we agreed on every aspect of the Natal Spectrum! Well, I guess we can talk about cloning. Do you think cloning can be used to create an unstoppable army? I think so. Remember the Holocaust? Cloning would seem to have been a technology Hitler may have been interested in. You know, leading an army of blonde, Christian, white men. All I'm saying is: if there was cloning, Hitler would have probably used it. What's your opinion on it? Do you agree or disagree? Great blog, by the way!
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