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Gattaca -DNA Testing. Should We Use DNA Testing? In Gattaca, a film whose
roots are firmly planted in the Science Fiction genre, the ...
... But what GATTACA fails to do is cover in depth the pros of this new ... The introduction
of DNA testing on football players, as well as other sports is the start ...
... There are many examples of scientific advances in Gattaca. ... diseases of ‘faults’ from
a persons DNA, and the ability to conduct DNA testing within seconds ...
... dreams. The world of Gattaca is cold. It demands perfection and this is guaranteed
and protected by regular DNA testing. The artificial ...
... Data Assistants (PDAs), that mount small DNA testing systems ... the thousands of base
pairs in human DNA within seconds ... The world of GATTACA itself is shown through ...
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Should We Use DNA Testing?
In Gattaca, a film whose roots are firmly planted in the Science Fiction genre, the timeline in which the movie is set is never really stated, thus it could be next year, in another ten, or not for one hundred. While this is effective is making us believe that this could be, “just around the corner”, the society presented is widely regarded as being too close to our present day in order to present a true chilling image. With DNA testing already quite common in the sporting world and in what the movie centers around, space exploration, Gattaca arguably fails to deliver its message with enough force to severely impact on the psyche of viewers.
Many modern day sporting teams invest in the technology of genetic screening of potential team members, or even hire a dedicated geneticist. They use this technology to screen potential players at ages as young as ten or eleven, to see how tall they are, and even what build. While this may seem like a gross invasion of privacy, in the multi-million dollar industry that is professional sport, every player is a very expensive investment, and using such a screening process prevents teams from “wasting money” on players that may not necessarily be what the team is looking for. This is very coherent with Vincent’s quote in Gattaca “My real resume was in my cells”, in which an identical screening process was used at the entrance to Gattaca. However, this is not the only way that DNA is used in our modern society as it was in Gattaca.
Forensic investigation often employs the use of DNA testing in order to place potential suspects at the scene of a crime, and in Gattaca the technology, while being much more rapid, is also implemented, and accessible by the public. When Irene takes “Vincent’s” hair to be checked by a genetics booth, she is given an entire roll of information on the owner of the hair, and even a rating of his validity, “9.3, quite a...
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