On DNA

(A DNA documentary: https://youtu.be/whVhdj2Yn0Q )

This whole topic is as sensitive as an open wound and there are things that we are not allowed to say, even if they are simply facts. For example, a person with Down's Syndrome is a mutant. They have one more chromosome than a standard human and this deviation is a mutation. The stating of that fact is morally neutral, it is not a judgment but it's just the way it is. Somehow the word "mutant" has gotten a pejorative connotation in society, a connotation that the meaning of the word does not have. What if a mutation causes some sort of improvement over the standard model? Well, then we just call it evolution, accept it and move on. DNA does change over time and that's what evolution IS. Why don't we act rationally and deal unemotionally with genetic changes, with mutations, whatever direction they may take? Because, while individuals can be rational and dispassionate, societies seldom, if ever, are.