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    1. What is the significance of the word "GATTACA" (hint: think about why the letters A‚T‚C‚ and G were highlighted in all the names during the opening credits) They are the bases in the human genome. The movie is trying to emphasize the significance these four letters‚ each representing a base pair in the human genome‚ will have in the theme throughout the movie. Gattaca is the name of the space agency in the film. The name is based on the initial letters of the four DNA nitrogenous bases: guanine

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    survive we need a wide spectrum of genetic differences. People with diversity can sometimes over come there diversity and use their differences as motivation. Many people where gifted with unique traits and use them as self motivation. In the movie “Gattaca” Vincent used his imperfections to drive his sprit and become an astronaut. When Hitler was attempting to create to create the “master race” anyone who did not fit his ideal race was exterminated. It’s

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    English 1102 26 July 2010 Gattaca The movie Gattaca displays a world that is focused on perfection. Vincent lives in a world where being perfect means everything. He is discriminated against because he was born the natural way and not the “valid” way. The “valid” way is being created in a biotechnology lab. The genetic code of a person is altered‚ and they are created to be perfect specimens of society. Vincent’s parents trusted in God with his birth‚ an act that was considered abnormal in

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    Gattaca Not-Too-Distant-Future     "Consider God’s handiwork; who can straighten what He hath made crooked?" Ecclesiastes 7:13       "I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature‚ I think Mother wants us to." Willard Gaylen   Gattaca deals with the morality involved in technologically engineering human life. As a species‚ is humanity wise enough (Homo sapiens) to play the role of God? The film begins with two quotes: one from Ecclesiastes and one from Willard Gaylen. Ecclesiastes

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    containing genetic material that has been artificially altered so as to produce a desired characteristic. Why would one such desire a needed characteristic to modify themselves? Is it to please themselves or to please others? I was shown the movie GATTACA and this movie is about a young man named Vincent who was naturally birthed into the world and was expected to have health problems because during this century about everyone has genetically modified their child before birth. Afterwards they had another

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    Genetic engineering is shown in the movie GATTACA through genetically modified characters who were not limited by society and those who were genetically inferior and banned from the best of everything. The movie shows how the main character overcomes his “invalid” status and becomes one of the elite. Today‚ we have the ability to edit genes which may one day lead to designer babies. We are not aloud to genetically modified children now‚ but maybe in the future. This essay will talk about about how

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    Brave New World Vs Gattaca

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    In both the movie Gattaca and the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley‚ the topics of fate and free will‚ their competition‚ and how they affect the characters’ lives. Brave New world is based on science and focuses on making society better by genetically modifying people for the best possible outcome. Creating them with the Bokanovsky process‚ creating 96 of the exact same human to make one well working oiled machine. Each person is made almost exactly the same with just a few slight changes to

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    57732 Chapter 8

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    questions about themselves or by observing how human behavior is related to other factors such as health and well-being. The same is true in science. In this chapter‚ we describe how we can use the scientific method to evaluate or survey participant responses and identify relationships between factors. Chapter 8: Survey and Correlational Research

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    Supplier Reliability

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    components of supplier reliability cover both response time and quality. The more often a supplier is unreliable‚ the greater is the tendency for its customers to hold more safety inventory to compensate for supplier incompetence. By changing suppliers or improving existing supplier reliability‚ a business can reduce its safety inventory levels in the knowledge that the supplier can support the business efficiently. The main variables are as follows: • Response time – the lead time from a supplier receiving

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