[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I'm referring to his academic works, not his "moral reasoning". His science is niche, it doesn't appeal to a mainstream audience, and he knows this. Banding around controversy on Twitter, as always, DOES sadly have mass appeal. Therefore, he now mostly does just that.

He at some point has decided that he values his fame over his academic integrity. Completely understandable and I'm not even saying he's wrong to do so.

But the point stands: his twitter comments are deliberately designed to spark outrage and further his notoriety. They are his opinion, overinflated and bluntly stated for effect. It is NOT SCIENCE.

That has been my one and only point. His ethical opinions are not somehow more weighted because he is a scientist. They are just a man's opinions. Just another squawk amongst the tweets.

If the question being debated was actually to do with the ins and outs of genetic science, that might be different. But it isn't. It's human interest musings.

The original tweet was a reply to another user, so not intentionally provocative.
You may not feel his opinion as an academic carries any more weight than yours or mine but I do. Simply due to the fact he and his contemporaries have wrestled with moral and ethical considerations due to their branch of science on this issue.