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Will the net result of our experimentation with genetic engineering and other advanced technologies be good or bad? And the diversity of opinion is and will continue to be as dizzying as the Cambrian explosion. But as we debate the future, more clearly defining our terms is a battle worth waging because how we argue positions and question assumptions determines, for better or worse, which boundaries we decide to push beyond, and which we delay or refuse to cross.
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