Decipher Scifi : The Show About How And Why

Why does everyone love this movie? Underdogs, sticking it to the man, engaging with our sense of justice and living the American Dream! Or something. Genetic Determinism The world of Gattaca banks on this big-time, but in real it’s much more complicated. Nature AND nurture. People are more than the genes they start with. Designer Babies Current practices with in vitro and in vivo baby testing. Down syndrome. The New Eugenics Racism. “Positive” and “negative.” American eugenics programs. Medical choices are eugenic. Genetic Discrimination Loooooong list of inconveniences Ethan Hawke has to keep up with to not get caught. Financial arrangements. Colloquial speech in Andrew Niccol’s films. Genetic Determinism and Gene Therapy in Gattaca - by David A Kirby: In Time - Decipher SciFi episode 11: Support the show!