Kveikur

Transgenic children and the Finnish way (2x13)

Date de diffusion: Fév 26, 2019

Is it OK to genetically modify human embryos to prevent disease? Will it be considered irresponsible to have children the old way in the future? Kveikur is about the CRISPR genetic technology, which has developed so quickly that ethicists haven't even managed to ask the big questions, let alone answer them. In the second part of the episode, the Finnish school system is examined. The whole world has been trying to figure out what the Finns have done right to achieve consistently good results in international exams, without putting much effort into it. What can we learn from them?