Kosik stood at the point where one day, we all may stand. Someday, we will likely all have the ability to learn of our genetic makeup. Kosik points out that knowledge of this genetic makeup will have profound impacts on our lives. He says "We stand poised to be expelled from an Eden of genetic ignorance into a society where every talent and weakness, every wrinkle and freckle may be predicted from our genomes." He also warns of genetic discrimination, and even goes as far as to suggest that "... the knowledge of our genetic destiny will rob us first of opportunity, and later of all hope."…
