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Sure, but too many unintended mutations in too short of a time period and you end up with things like cancer or fatal congenital diseases. Gene editing with CRISPR is potentially increasing the mutation rate by orders of magnitude. Where is the line?

Ahhh, the good ol' "fires burn houses down all the time" defense of playing with gas indoors.

By that same logic we shouldn’t care about radiation exposure.

We’re just speeding up the process a bit.

> * This just speeds up the process a bit.*

You can't make an omelet without killing a few kids.