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“O God, the Protector of all Kingdoms and in particular of the Christian Empire, grant to Thy servant our King Henry always to work wisely for the triumph of Thy power, that being a prince in virtue of Thy institution he may always continue mighty by virtue of Thy grace.”
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Trump says he may have a third term regardless of the Constitution:
“Well, there are plans. There are – not plans. There are, there are methods which you could do it, as you know.”
There is nothing in the constitution he wouldn’t shred if it served his interests.
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This was a great read. The recombinant DNA story reminded me of a similar, recent example from biology: the invention of CRISPR. Jennifer Doudna, the technology's inventor, realized that her technology could be used for evil - she had a dream about Adolf Hitler using her invention.
Afterwards, she publicly called for a halt to human gene editing and met with peers to discuss CRISPR's dangers. Eventually, that led to the 2015 International Summit on Human Gene Editing, which decided on a self-imposed gene editing moratorium.