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When genetic editing removes life's necessary difficulties

My wife wants to edit our embryo's genes to remove the predisposition to addiction that runs in both our families but I think struggle makes people stronger

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The impulse to eliminate all forms of suffering conflicts with beliefs about how hardship creates character and resilience.

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