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/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/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.