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->''"Two hundred years ago, we tried to improve the species through DNA resequencing, and what did we get for our trouble? The Eugenics Wars]]. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]] [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Singh]] waiting in the wings. A superhuman whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. [[NoTranshumanismAllowed The law against genetic engineering]] provides a firewall against such men and it's my job to keep that firewall intact."''

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->''"Two hundred years ago, we tried to improve the species through DNA resequencing, and what did we get for our trouble? The Eugenics Wars]].Wars. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]] [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Singh]] waiting in the wings. A superhuman whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. [[NoTranshumanismAllowed The law against genetic engineering]] provides a firewall against such men and it's my job to keep that firewall intact."''
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->''"Two hundred years ago, we tried to improve the species through DNA resequencing, and what did we get for our trouble? The Eugenics Wars]]. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]] [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Singh]] waiting in the wings. A superhuman whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. The law against genetic engineering provides a firewall against such men and it's my job to keep that firewall intact."''

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->''"Two hundred years ago, we tried to improve the species through DNA resequencing, and what did we get for our trouble? The Eugenics Wars]]. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]] [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Singh]] waiting in the wings. A superhuman whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. [[NoTranshumanismAllowed The law against genetic engineering engineering]] provides a firewall against such men and it's my job to keep that firewall intact."''
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->''"Two hundred years ago, we tried to improve the species through DNA resequencing, and what did we get for our trouble? The Eugenics Wars]]. For every Julian Bashir that can be created, there's a [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Khan]] [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Singh]] waiting in the wings. A superhuman whose ambition and thirst for power have been enhanced along with his intellect. The law against genetic engineering provides a firewall against such men and it's my job to keep that firewall intact."''
-->-- '''Admiral Bennett''', ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', "Doctor Bashir, I Presume"
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->''"There are two nuclei that man should never have touched: [[AtomicHate the atomic nucleus]] and [[LegoGenetics the cell nucleus]]. The technology of genetic engineering poses a greater threat to the world than the advent of nuclear technology."''
-->-- '''Erwin Chargaff'''
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->''"Old legends say that in the age before the [[Main/TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Seven Days of Fire]] [[{{Precursors}} they]] had the skills to control the well-springs of life. They say that once, man remolded the plants and animals to his pleasure, like clay.."''

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->''"Old legends say that in the age before the [[Main/TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Seven Days of Fire]] [[{{Precursors}} they]] had the skills to [[OrganicTechnology control the well-springs of life.life]]. They say that once, man remolded the plants and animals to his pleasure, like clay.."''
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->''"Old legends say that in the age before the [[Main/TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Seven Days of Fire]] [[{{Precursors}} they]] had the skills to control the well-springs of life. They say that once, man remolded the plants and animals to his pleasure, like clay.."''
-->-- '''Master Yupa''', ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind''
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->''"Don't you see the danger, John, inherent in what you're doing here? Genetic power is the most awesome force the planet's ever seen, but you wield it like a kid that's found his dad's gun."''
-->-- '''Dr. Ian Malcolm''', ''Film/JurassicPark''
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-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang - "Dynamics of Mind"''', ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

->''"Why do you insist that the human genetic code is "sacred" or "taboo"? It is a chemical process and nothing more. For that matter -we- are chemical processes and nothing more. If you deny yourself a useful tool simply because it reminds you uncomfortably of your mortality, you have uselessly and pointlessly crippled yourself."''
-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang - "Looking God in the Eye"''', ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

->'''Mark 1''': The good news is, my clone was more powerful from creation than I am now. The bad news, ''my clone was more powerful--''
->'''Mike''': Blah blah blah! We heard this one already!
-->--''[[Tropers/StongRadd A page from Stong Radd's webcomic-to-be]]''

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-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang - -- "Dynamics of Mind"''', ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

->''"Why do you insist that the human genetic code is "sacred" or "taboo"? It is a chemical process and nothing more. For that matter -we- ''we'' are chemical processes and nothing more. If you deny yourself a useful tool simply because it reminds you uncomfortably of your mortality, you have uselessly and pointlessly crippled yourself."''
-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang - -- "Looking God in the Eye"''', ''VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

->'''Mark 1''': 1:''' The good news is, my clone was more powerful from creation than I am now. The bad news, ''my clone was more powerful--''
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-->-- Nick Fury, ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''

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-->-- Nick Fury, '''Nick Fury''', ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''
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->''"When Oppenheimer was flailing with the bomb, Dr. Vought already had practical applications of Compound V tested in the field. Heroes like Soldier Boy, killing Germans by the dozen."''
-->-- '''Stan Edgar''', to Homelander, ''Series/TheBoys2019''
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->"''Crime is becoming super-crime. Terrorism is becoming super-terrorism. Even the fattest, most stupid politician on Capitol Hill realizes that Son of Star Wars is going to be useless against the kind of problems America's really facing out there.''"
-->-- Nick Fury, ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''
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-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang - "Dynamics of Mind"''', ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

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-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang - "Dynamics of Mind"''', ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''
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-->-- '''Chairman Sheng-ji Yang - "Looking God in the Eye"''', ''SidMeiersAlphaCentauri''

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-> We hold life to be sacred, but we also know the foundation of life consists in a stream of codes not so different from the successive frames of a watchvid. Why then cannot we cut one code short here, and start another there? Is life so fragile that it can withstand no tampering? Does the sacred brook no improvement?

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-> We ->''"We hold life to be sacred, but we also know the foundation of life consists in a stream of codes not so different from the successive frames of a watchvid. Why then cannot we cut one code short here, and start another there? Is life so fragile that it can withstand no tampering? Does the sacred brook no improvement? "''



-> Why do you insist that the human genetic code is "sacred" or "taboo"? It is a chemical process and nothing more. For that matter -we- are chemical processes and nothing more. If you deny yourself a useful tool simply because it reminds you uncomfortably of your mortality, you have uselessly and pointlessly crippled yourself.

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-> Why ->''"Why do you insist that the human genetic code is "sacred" or "taboo"? It is a chemical process and nothing more. For that matter -we- are chemical processes and nothing more. If you deny yourself a useful tool simply because it reminds you uncomfortably of your mortality, you have uselessly and pointlessly crippled yourself."''



->'''Mark 1''': ''The good news is, my clone was more powerful from creation than I am now. The bad news, '''my clone was more powerful--'''''

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->'''Mark 1''': ''The The good news is, my clone was more powerful from creation than I am now. The bad news, '''my ''my clone was more powerful--'''''powerful--''



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->'''Mark 1''': ''The good news is, my clone was more powerful from creation than I am now. The bad news, '''my clone was more powerful--'''''
->'''Mike''': Blah blah blah! We heard this one already!
-->'''[[Tropers/StongRadd A page from Stong Radd's webcomic-to-be]]'''

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