There is no reason to believe Beethoven’s deafness had any genetic basis.
It is not known what Van Gogh’s mental illness was caused by, but odds are it was not genetic.
Nobody has a clue at this point in time what causes schizophrenia, but a simple genetic cause is unlikely.
Helen Keller was born perfectly normal and lost her sight and hearing as the result of disease when a toddler.
Most birth defects are not caused by simple genetic defects but by complex interactions between genes and intrauterine development events. Or simply by the intrauterine events alone.
My point is that claims that we will be able to weed out “defective” people are wildly overblown. Most defects are not caused directly by genetic problems.
Downs’ Syndrome is not a good example of where we’re headed. It is one of the few problems that is both common and easy to test for.
Yeah but what if they redefine “disability” or “defect”. You know how those pesky progressive Alinskyite libs think. They’ve already managed to redefine evil as good and lies as truth. Nah I’d rather take my chances...
Indeed. Research implicates a number of genes contributing to the illness. And, to make matters even more complicated, a set of genes can be related to a specific condition, but one person with those genes gets it, and another doesn't.
Re your post 17, there you went and spoiled those foregoing assumptions!! Shame on you.
It, and 5 other serious to less serious genetically based mental illnesses were so announced at the same time.