DNA 5/5 Pandoras Box (PBS Documentary)

Please Subscribe To The Evolution Documentary YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com Broadcast (2005) In the final episode, James Watson gives a tour of the future of DNA science. He believes it should be used to change the human race. His views are both extraordinary and extremely controversial. Watson argues for a new kind of eugenics where parents are allowed to choose the DNA of their children to make them healthier, more intelligent, even better looking. While his views maybe disagreeable, they are a natural consequence of the decades of scientific exploration launched by his and Francis Crick's discovery of the double helix. It's worth considering what effect the advancements in genetic science may have on our future. This film is his journey through the subject, from a gas chamber in Germany where the mentally ill were murdered by the Nazis to labs today where scientists have found ways to create new strands of DNA. In the program, Dr. Kay Jamison, a renowned neuroscientist who is manic depressive, and the parents of a child with Down's Syndrome make a case for the value of differences among people in society. A half-century ago, the two unknown scientists heralded the dawning of a new era in biology and human life as they entered an English pub! Jim Watson and Francis Crick were hardly exaggerating. Their achievements almost single handedly launched the new science of DNA. Interviews with renowned scientists and stunningly realized animations and reconstructions of ...