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This idea of another perfect human is insane. I want to clarify the “another”. Jesus Christ was and forever will be the only perfect man to live.
“The Human Genome Project is an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up human DNA, and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional standpoint “ as defined by Wikipedia’s dictionary. In layman’s terms it is a project that scientist have been working on for several years to try to rebuild human DNA strands, to later build a human being. The reason this is flawed is because it will be impossible.
Yes, I understand scientists have found a way to genetically engineer fertile eggs inside of a woman to change eye color, hair color, even physical attributes. All of …show more content…

The idea of a perfect person is like music to a scientists ears. In the film Gattaca, released in 1997, they proposed that in the near future our world will turn to one that is so incredibly picky. More so than we are even today. In the beginning of the movie you see tests being done on a baby who was just born, a finger prick and a DNA test. These tests were to check the estimated life expectancy, possible diseases, and even possible future mates. The entire plot of the movie was to show that no matter the odds you can defy them. A character named Jerome was considered to be physically perfect in every way; he broke his back and was unable to use his legs, restricted to a wheelchair. The mission director, in his DNA had no trace of violence in the slightest; he killed his co-worker. And the main character Vincent, portrayed by Ethan Hawke, was supposedly doomed to fail from a heart condition and was told his whole life he can’t be special; he ended up fighting his way through ranks quickly under Jerome as an alias, completing his dream of becoming an

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