I had tiny, tiny wisdom teeth and plenty of room for them, so if they hadn't all partially erupted and got terrible cavities I probably would have kept mine - maybe they could shrink/re-situate them rather than remove them. My brother had to have all of his and two other molars out just to be able to close his mouth.
My interest is when it comes to mental health and conditions like autism. Obviously on a spectrum, but what's fixable? What's part of your personality? I would definitely like to get rid of my depression, but even when not clinically depressed I was a very introverted person who liked lots of solitary thinking and reading time - is this making me prone to depression and isolation or was it the reverse? And what about aging - how much of that is a "disease" and how much of it should be healed?
Red hair is an interesting one, because it doesn't just increase your risk of skin cancer, it also goes along with resistance to anaesthetics and increased pain sensitivity. Hospitals in the UK (highest number and concentration of redheads in the world) routinely have extra monitoring for red-haired patients.
I always liked that Star Trek had a culturally-determined line of no gene therapy (due to the genetic wars of the past) and every time people ran into it they were horrified and appalled at the breaking of this huge taboo. Transporter copies? Fine! Artifical hearts and accelerated healing? No problem! Genetic alteration, even of the sick, even with permission? That's right out!
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My interest is when it comes to mental health and conditions like autism. Obviously on a spectrum, but what's fixable? What's part of your personality? I would definitely like to get rid of my depression, but even when not clinically depressed I was a very introverted person who liked lots of solitary thinking and reading time - is this making me prone to depression and isolation or was it the reverse? And what about aging - how much of that is a "disease" and how much of it should be healed?
Red hair is an interesting one, because it doesn't just increase your risk of skin cancer, it also goes along with resistance to anaesthetics and increased pain sensitivity. Hospitals in the UK (highest number and concentration of redheads in the world) routinely have extra monitoring for red-haired patients.
I always liked that Star Trek had a culturally-determined line of no gene therapy (due to the genetic wars of the past) and every time people ran into it they were horrified and appalled at the breaking of this huge taboo. Transporter copies? Fine! Artifical hearts and accelerated healing? No problem! Genetic alteration, even of the sick, even with permission? That's right out!