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ableism, eugenics 

CW'ed repost of mastodon.lol/@alexispurslane/1:

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"A team of scientists in Texas used CRISPR to edit out genes associated with autism traits in mice and observed clear results: The animals stopped digging obsessively, their erratic jumping around the cages slowed to a halt and they became more calm."

This sounds like a fucking lobotmy. They're just editing out all the behaviors except placid "normal" ones.

The article also refers to autism as a "developmental disorder" that autistic people "suffer from."

newsweek.com/scientists-edit-a

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ableism, eugenics 

@joepie91 ooooh, I wonder if they ever find the gay gene

ableism, eugenics 

@StroomAfwaarts I suspect they'll go for the trans gene first, but yeah, that's pretty much where this would be headed next.

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