Ridiculous "Genetic Determinism" and Ethics

Elinore 2022-04-20 09:01:12

A Closer Look (1997)
8.8
1997 / USA / Drama Science Fiction Thriller / Andrew Nicol / Ethan Hawke Uma Thurman

A long time ago, I accidentally watched it on the movie channel several times. At that time, I thought it was a very interesting movie, but I remember it was called another better name, but it has been forgotten to this day. This old film is revisited at the current "gene-edited baby" hotspot. It can be said to be very realistic and forward-looking, and even a prophecy. The development of science and technology has made people more and more superstitious about the so-called "genetic determinism", and even believes that it will create an insurmountable class gap in human society. But the movie gave an obvious answer. What really plays a decisive role in people will always be subjective initiative, and the physiological basis is just an excuse. And even physiologically, "genetic stability" and "individual mutation" are no joke. Moreover, in the long run, brain science and genetic science are still two different things. As for the so-called ethics, you may find it funny to say it. Once upon a time, dissecting the human body was an outrageous act, but I have not seen anyone who thinks that surgery is a bad thing. Very ugly thing.

Never try to use the superstructure to resist the development of the foundation, it will only make you a stupid negative example in the history books.

Ethics is the last fig leaf for human beings in the face of technology. Unfortunately, this "cloth" is made of lace.

View more about Gattaca reviews

Extended Reading
  • Margarita 2021-10-20 19:02:41

    I should be grateful that when such a movie appeared, it was not the era when there were so many rotten girls...

  • Shemar 2021-10-20 19:02:41

    On November 26, 2018, People's Daily News announced that the world's first gene-edited baby immunized against AIDS was born in China. The most moving thing in "At the End of the Day" is that Vincent, as a "defective man" in the future world, never looks back, never leaves behind his dreams, since he is a stardust-like existence in the vast universe, and Why are you afraid to "go home" like a stardust and live happily in the human world is Vincent's choice. It is also the more important meaning of life that the film conveys to the audience in addition to genetic reorganization, human ethics and other discussion points. But in light of today’s news, the flat and straightforward description of genetic technology and human ethics in the film makes people feel chilly. As the "Black Mirror" said, "I never thought that I would live in the future, but I now TM in the future."

Gattaca quotes

  • [Irene has discovered Vincent's secret]

    Irene: I don't even know who you are.

    Vincent: I'm the same person I was yesterday.

    Irene: I can't hear any more of your lies Jerome...

    Vincent: My name is Vincent, all right? Vincent Anton Freeman, and I'm a "faith birth" or a "de-gene-erate", whatever you want to call it; but I am NOT a murderer!

    Vincent: You're a "God-child"?

    Vincent: [takes Irene's hand and places over his heart] But we do have one thing in common, only I don't have twenty or thirty years left in mine. Mine is already ten thousand beats overdue.

    Irene: It's not possible.

    Vincent: You are the authority on what is not possible, aren't you Irene? They've got you looking for any flaw, that after a while that's all you see. For what it's worth, I'm here to tell you that it is possible. It is possible.

  • Vincent: I don't know how to thank you.

    Jerome: No, no. I got the better end of the deal. I only lent you my body. You lent me your dream.