It is a common fallacy that science will cure all diseases eventually. I just read an article that scientists from Britain and Canada have genetically modified mice to be super intelligent and less anxious. They are doing this in the hope that the discovery will lead to treatments for such disorders as Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia and post traumatic stress disorder. What’s really going to come from this is an up-tick of mice on human crimes. They’ll be more intelligent and less anxious so they will have no fear of raiding the fridge, working out a plan to kill the cat and leaving little droppings on the floor in a pattern that will spell out screw you. We’ll also have to worry about waking up in the middle of the night with glue traps adhered to our faces.
Why in the world are they making mice smarter? Hasn’t any of them ever seen planet of the apes? If they want to make anything smarter, they should start with the electorate; because, if we get any dumber as a people, I can foresee a time when we will vote for a genetically engineered mouse for president. And all they will have to promise us is that parts of them won’t wind up in our fast foods.
You even get the feeling that the head of the FDA might already be a genetically engineered rodent. Can that be the reason that it’s already acceptable FDA practice that we can have a small percentage of rodent hair and feces in our foods? I bet that rat is laughing right now.
If these so called scientists really want to cure diseases they should come up with a 21st century rodent trap or genetically engineer cats. Then we might have something. We may even eliminate hanta virus and bubonic plague.