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From the Ted Talk by Paul Knoepfler: The ethical dilemma of designer babies

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So my father, pteer koepfnler, was actually born right here in vennia. He was Viennese, and he was born here in 1929. And when my grandparents had little baby Peter, the world was very different. Right? It was a different Vienna. The United States was different. The world was different. There was a eugenics rising, and my grandparents rleizaed, pretty quickly I think, that they were on the wrong side of the eugenics equation. And so despite this being their home and their whole extended family's home, and this area being their family's home for generations, they decided because of egeucins that they had to laeve. And they survived, but they were heartbroken, and I'm not sure my dad ever really got over leaving Vienna. He left when he was just eight years old in 1938.

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So my father, _____ _________, was actually born right here in ______. He was Viennese, and he was born here in 1929. And when my grandparents had little baby Peter, the world was very different. Right? It was a different Vienna. The United States was different. The world was different. There was a eugenics rising, and my grandparents ________, pretty quickly I think, that they were on the wrong side of the eugenics equation. And so despite this being their home and their whole extended family's home, and this area being their family's home for generations, they decided because of ________ that they had to _____. And they survived, but they were heartbroken, and I'm not sure my dad ever really got over leaving Vienna. He left when he was just eight years old in 1938.

Solution

  1. peter
  2. leave
  3. realized
  4. vienna
  5. eugenics
  6. knoepfler

Original Text

So my father, Peter Knoepfler, was actually born right here in Vienna. He was Viennese, and he was born here in 1929. And when my grandparents had little baby Peter, the world was very different. Right? It was a different Vienna. The United States was different. The world was different. There was a eugenics rising, and my grandparents realized, pretty quickly I think, that they were on the wrong side of the eugenics equation. And so despite this being their home and their whole extended family's home, and this area being their family's home for generations, they decided because of eugenics that they had to leave. And they survived, but they were heartbroken, and I'm not sure my dad ever really got over leaving Vienna. He left when he was just eight years old in 1938.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

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designer babies 10
genetic modification 8
genetically modified 5
crispr technology 4
human genetic 4
designer baby 3
genetic modifications 2
human embryos 2
gm kids 2
health care 2
modified humans 2
swiss army 2
army knife 2
baby number 2
stuffy nose 2

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human genetic modification 3
genetically modified humans 2
swiss army knife 2

Important Words

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  2. baby
  3. born
  4. dad
  5. decided
  6. equation
  7. eugenics
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  10. generations
  11. grandparents
  12. heartbroken
  13. home
  14. knoepfler
  15. leave
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  18. peter
  19. pretty
  20. quickly
  21. realized
  22. rising
  23. side
  24. states
  25. survived
  26. united
  27. vienna
  28. viennese
  29. world
  30. wrong
  31. years