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What if "Genetic Engineering" -cumulatively- created a world without Evil ?! ... What could the consequences be?

What if "Genetic Engineering" -cumulatively- created a world without Evil ?! ... What could the consequences be?

Do you think that new types of evil could be produced?! ..
What lessons would people miss in their lives?..
Does our existence depends on Evil as much as Good?! ..
Could that affect the way Nature works?!

What do you think?!

Topics: Genetic engineering evil-justice human behaviour
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    Ghassan Mustafa

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    Aug 14 2012: It's really impossible to eliminate evil from human beings. Evil is part of the nature of human beings. But if we had the chance to eliminate evil our world would be like utopia.
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      James Zhang 30+

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      Aug 14 2012: Evil comes from conflicts. No conflicts, no evil. So how do we eliminate conflicts? I don't think we can, since as long as there are at least two or more humans existing in the same place, there will always be a conflict of some sort.
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        Fritzie Reisner 100+

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        Aug 14 2012: Do you think, James, that some people find pleasure in conflict and seek to foster it even where the environment doesn't demand it?
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          James Zhang 30+

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          Aug 16 2012: There most likely are sadistic guys out there, but I'm sure those are very few in numbers, and those are the kinds of people we should be looking to put in jail.

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