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Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies from having hereditary disease
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2025
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They do realize that this is how most zombie apocalypse movies start. Genetic tapering to stop diseases.
Yeah that's fiction for a reason
I mean the zombie part, sure.
Do you really think in the hands of Silicon Valley techbros this ain’t gonna get ugly?
I mean I can certainly imagine all sorts of crazy shit but I don't think it'll be any kind of outbreak that kills the species, call me optimistic
Five years ago someone ate a bat and it shut down the entire world. I think you need a better imagination.