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Question

Which kind of genetic engineering should be allowed to correct defects and imperfections of genes? Kurt Weidemann


Answer

Kigge Hvid: I would say, if it is only about beauty, then I want to say: we know too little about it, who is setting the norm of beauty? At the moment we are really super skilled at doing it, not with genetic engineering, but with surgery. And I must say the norm of beauty we see in for instance in America, where eighty years old women look like forty years old women, and to me by the way look like things or gizmos from outer space. No I do not think we should use the knowledge of our experts, the knowledge of our scientist, their time to standardize our aesthetic concepts in connection with humans. If it is not just about beauty, if it is not just a question of aesthetics, then it is an extremely difficult question. Because if you have some one in your family who is ill, then you would say that everything must be done, everything must be allowed. If you do not, if it is far from you, personally, then you would be more concerned.