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1 evolution and the pace at which life evolves than we 
2 have in a scientist's genetic intervention or in an 
3 NIH timeline. 
4 Also, our immediate experience suggests to 
5 us that our faith is not blind faith. There are serious 
6 reasons why we choose to place our confidence elsewhere. 
7 There is history shaping our concerns. We received 
8 significant promises with the arrival of the nuclear 
9 age; benefits seemed to outweigh costs. Now we are 
10 forced to coin new words, like John Somerville's 
11 "omnicide,” killer of all, for the nuclear reality that 
12 we face daily. And we received significant promises 
13 with the arrival of the chemical revolution; benefits 
14 seemed to outweigh dangers. Now we are forced to coin 
15 words like "ecocide," killer of the ecosystem, for the 
16 carcinogenic pollution that ravages the planet. 
1 7 Again, now, we are assured of important 
18 benefits with minimal dangers, by the biological revolu- 
19 tionaries. And we will most likely be forced to consider 
20 genecide, spelled in a new way, with an "e" and not an "o." 
21 Assuredly, natural recombination occurs without 
22 our intervention. Assuredly, natural recombination is a 
23 moving force in the evolutionary process -- in my under- 
24 standing, in about one percent of the cases. Where violent 
25 intervention in genetic heritage occurs in the natural 
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