... more advanced by the second. The knowledge to eliminate emerging diseases, such as AIDS, and human cloning are almost within reach. New understanding of the human genome has also made genetic engineering reasonable. This type of gene alteration is used as a therapeutic and preventative measure against many deficiencies that have been identified in the human species. Although there is a universal ... consciousness to the ability to perform such genetic engineering, it doesn't mean society agrees that it should be practiced. In Andrew Niccol's cinema production Gattaca, the opening seen be...

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... (Ethan Hawke) is a "god child," which in "the not so distant future" is an anomaly and an affront to the advances of genetic science. In the sterile world of the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation, god's children, or "faith births," are also called "In-Valids." They are considered to ... be inferior beings, whose genetic code exposes the imperfections of natural births. In a world where parents can control every aspect of their child's body, faith births are not permitted ... to do so, Vincent must completely falsify his identity. Although he resorts to fraud to pursue his dreams, Vincent i...

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... (Ethan Hawke) is a "god child," which in "the not so distant future" is an anomaly and an affront to the advances of genetic science. In the sterile world of the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation, god's children, or "faith births," are also called "In-Valids." They are considered to ... be inferior beings, whose genetic code exposes the imperfections of natural births. In a world where parents can control every aspect of their child's body, faith births are not permitted ... to do so, Vincent must completely falsify his identity. Although he resorts to fraud to pursue his dreams, Vincent i...

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... (Ethan Hawke) is a "god child," which in "the not so distant future" is an anomaly and an affront to the advances of genetic science. In the sterile world of the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation, god's children, or "faith births," are also called "In-Valids." They are considered to ... be inferior beings, whose genetic code exposes the imperfections of natural births. In a world where parents can control every aspect of their child's body, faith births are not permitted ... to do so, Vincent must completely falsify his identity. Although he resorts to fraud to pursue his dreams, Vincent i...

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... movies show the worst-case scenario. "What will it be like in a future world where your life started with your parents designing your genes? In addition to screening for unwanted genetic diseases, they select for sex, height, eye-, hair-, and skin-color. Pressured by the current social fads, they may also choose genes whose overall functions are not clearly understood but ... to be connected with temperament, intelligence, mindfulness, and perhaps sexual orientation. You may be genetically engineered to be an enhanced clone of one of your parents, or of a celebrity whose genetic heritag...

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... in the human. In the movie certain traits such as height, eye color, hair color, etc. are genetically altered to match what the parents want the child to look like. Genetic engineering can serve as a big advancement in wiping out diseases. Humans can be engineered so that they can work better under more extreme and stressful situations because they will have ... circumstances the disease would be destroyed. Also food can be altered to be more nutritious and healthy, and endangered animals can be altered to make an easy comeback. Problems of genetic engineering are that those altered wil...

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... at Gattaca; as a result from genoism, which makes it legal to discriminate by genes. You have to be Gattaca's description of a perfect baby in order to receive a high valued job. Genetic discrimination is the main focal point in Gattaca. You must have the genes of the super race to earn respect and wealth. Paul R. Billings states that by "[ ] tracking disease genes ... , education would be offered to people demonstrating genetic intelligence, surveillance of those with hereditary behavioral disorders would increase, and manual labor might be reserved for those with genetically strong bac...

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... a world in which people are better, stronger thanks to science. Now imagine that same world with just one catch: it can only be done for a price. Genetic engineering can provide a person to be genetically superior in all aspects but one. The problem is there"isn't a gene for the human spirit or what others call ... live their lives according to what their DNA says whether they like it or not. Everything is based on their ability to perform according to their genetic make-up. Because of that reason people are leading boring lives because they have lost the desire to do things. They no long...

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... mistakes just don"t happen. The new wave in this future is to have babies that are streamlined to have the best of both parents. All of the "abnormalities" of the genetic process are eliminated. Only seconds after a baby is born, the doctors are able to work out your date of death, how you died, and the probability of any conditions that ... body structure and turns his life upside down to live his dreams. No, I don"t agree with how Vincent is treated in this story. Just because he hasn"t got the greatest genetic profile, or because he wasn"t a man made baby, society treats him as if he...

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... system is called "valid". In contrast, Vincent is a child of a "faith" birth. His parents procreate him because they love each other - he is a child made by love. After delivery, the genetic test of his blood stamps him immediately "invalid", for, unfortunately, the probability of diseases and possible medical complaints in the near future is immensely high. For him, it is out ... even told him that there was no use study to because it would be in vain anyway. Also, when he applied for a "better" job, he was immediately rejected, for his genetic fingerprint made the job not available fo...

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... system is called "valid". In contrast, Vincent is a child of a "faith" birth. His parents procreate him because they love each other - he is a child made by love. After delivery, the genetic test of his blood stamps him immediately "invalid", for, unfortunately, the probability of diseases and possible medical complaints in the near future is immensely high. For him, it is out ... even told him that there was no use study to because it would be in vain anyway. Also, when he applied for a "better" job, he was immediately rejected, for his genetic fingerprint made the job not available fo...

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... ", the same applies to Vincent from the movie Gattaca. In this movie, they were more technologically advanced. Machines could read the entirety of a person by telling what type of diseases, genetic defects, or any problems that they would be more prone to have as they got older in their life time. The problem with this machine was that it would not ... ...

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... him, but as the escalator rises, moves to a normal shot. This portrays Jerome's journey to work, and his ascension (to the heavens) as he successfully cheats his way up the genetic ladder. The reflection of Jerome's face, while at the computer is also a very effective shot type. The complex astronautical pictures on the screen first attract the viewer's attention, and then ... ...

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