...should have very much say in anything going on in the scientific world.

There is a segment of people who live in northern Italy that, for some reason, don't have any issues at all with heart disease. Think of could be possible. We could cure heart disease...forever.

What's wrong with using such techniques to rid ourselves of unnecessary medical costs? We could rid the world of things like poor eyesight, arthritis, and the most dangerous disease of all, dumbness. What the fuck is the downside?

Oh, this will create a race of super-peoples that will turn us all into slaves, right? Sounds like you could use some gene therapy yourself.