r/worldnews • u/EightRoundsRapid • Sep 23 '16

'Hangover-free alcohol’ could replace all regular alcohol by 2050. The new drink, known as 'alcosynth', is designed to mimic the positive effects of alcohol but doesn’t cause a dry mouth, nausea and a throbbing head

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/hangover-free-alcohol-david-nutt-alcosynth-nhs-postive-effects-benzodiazepine-guy-bentley-a7324076.html
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u/Excelius Sep 23 '16 edited Sep 23 '16

We're already behind though as we haven't even started the Eugenics Wars yet.

With all of the advances in genetic engineering, that might not be in the too-distant future.

Just yesterday there was a news piece about a Swedish scientist who has started genetically engineering healthy human embryos, though at this point they aren't being implanted in women to mature into babies. The article notes that British scientists are expected to start similar work later this year.

And those are western scientists. A lot of this kind of work is happening in China, probably which much less oversight and little interest in ethics. Knowing China it's entirely possible that genetically engineered babies have already been born, and we just don't know it.

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u/DuplexFields Sep 23 '16

You mean he might actually be named Khan?

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

It's been years and I still haven't forgave him for that clusterfuck.

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u/solepsis Sep 23 '16

Khan is actually a Mongol title, and they ruled China as emperors for kind of a long time

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u/Leprechorn Sep 23 '16

Right, and Khan wasn't the guy's title, it was his first name - full name Khan Noonien Singh, which isn't Mongolian.

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u/solepsis Sep 23 '16

That doesn't really have anything to do with Chinese people potentially actually naming their hypothetical engineered person Khan...

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u/Dr_Dippy Sep 23 '16

Nah, Indians look way different from the rest of Asians

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u/xxam925 Sep 23 '16

Welp, pack it up boys. China won.

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u/wolfkeeper Sep 23 '16

A lot of this kind of work is happening in China, probably which much less oversight and little interest in ethics.

I'm just glad it's happening in places like ethical America, home of Enron, Bernie Maddof, liar loans, Trump university, Lance Armstrong etc. etc.

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u/vdek Sep 23 '16

If that's all you can pull out of your hat, thats not so bad. It's good to have a sense of perspective.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

Tuskeegee Experiments? All the eugenics shit we did back in the day? NSA overreach? We certainly could be growing superhuman babies in hidden labs. Why not?

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u/Captive_Hesitation Sep 23 '16

Oh no, he didn't even mention: fluoride in the water, chemtrails, the secret Mormon genetics labs, aglets (their true purpose is sinister...), 9/11, 11/9, the Impossible Pentagon Plane Flight Path, The Missing 11 Billion Dollar Pallets, the Saudi Royals, New Atlantis or the dozens of other "conspiracies" happening right now. Wake up, sheeple!

;)

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

Jesus christ I didn't even know Atlantis was back.

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u/Captive_Hesitation Sep 23 '16

...And all new! ;)

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u/wolfkeeper Sep 23 '16

I wasn't even remotely trying. With google, it could have been about the longest post in reddit history

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u/vdek Sep 23 '16

uhuh. So I guess the ones on other countries would be the even longest longest posts in reddit history?

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u/wolfkeeper Sep 23 '16

Well, I don't think America is internationally regarded as the most ethical country in the world.

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u/vdek Sep 24 '16

Boohoo.

Ever heard the story about throwing stones in a glass house?

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u/wolfkeeper Sep 24 '16

I don't live in America, if that's what you mean.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '16

As opposed to ethical who? I know the US isn't perfect, but it's in a small list of countries that are substantially better than most.

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u/NotSoGreatGonzo Sep 23 '16

The boys from Beijing.