Ben

       After some consideration, I will be discussing the future of embryos if gene editing will become a reality. The changing of embryos is a very controversial topic as scientists are playing god with nature. Scientists have been striving to achieve this goal of gene editing. In their point of view, this would be able to grow human civilization to an extent that humans now are unable to reach now. If this gene editing becomes a service to consumers, people can change their child's DNA to be faster or smarter. While this can be seen as a remarkable achievement, numerous ethical problems arise from this editing. For one, will this create a superiority of the people who are biologically changed amongst natural borns? People very well could be separated in society as natural borns might find it quite more challenging to keep up with biologically changed humans. Will the ability to acquire this process being done only be limited to the amount of money a person has? Or ...

     For my writing project three topic, I will discuss the ethical dilemma with scientists editing DNA in human embryos. So far, I have gathered some information on the benefits and negative attributes. A positive that has the scientific community excited about is being able to cut/take out defects in DNA. So if a mutation is spotted, all the scientists have to do is cut out the problem to cure the condition. A quick and effective way. As for a negative, quite a significant amount of people expressed the long term challenges socially. Many scientists say that having people biologically smarter will create a superiority aspect among people. There are more facts about this topic but this is the direction I am heading in. 

For writing project number two, I will be discussing how the government can influence Americans to be healthier in eating. The numerous strategies they can take like providing more posters and education around Americans on this subject. They can also provide subsidies targeted to healthy food. I will also discuss the challenges the government and people will face.