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The road to acceptance
- the Genetic Engineering Game

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Year
1

Genetic Modification is hailed as Science's greatest victory/achievement. History will look upon the 20th century as the pinnacle of science and technology for giving rise to the Age of GM.

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In the distant future
2.

A pair of galaxies are named after the science of Genetic Modification. Named Geneticus proxima and Modifica centuri, space explorers immediately begin planning the colonisation of these points in space far removed from Earth.

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756 A*~
3.

Children are taught how to create GM organisms by age 6. Parents compare the variety and complexity of their children's GM creations as a guage of intelligence.

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597A*~
4.

Genetic Engineering is fully applied to humans. A new superclass of humans is created, with "idea" attributes. Increasingly, people who can't afford to have their children Genetically modified before conception form a downtrodden "underclass" with low-paying jobs. Their children also face increasing discrimination, being viewed as "imperfect" or "flawed".

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254A*~
5.

To "swear on the sanctity of the name of Genetic Modification" is the highest oath of honour taken when being sworn into the UN

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128AGM
6.

The World Currency (previously the UN Dollar), is renamed the Gen Modica or GM).

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97AGM
7.

The Gregorian calander system is abandoned by the Mars colony, and the year is officially known as 78AGM (78 years after Genetic Modification was first carried out). The UN follows suit one year later by popular demand.

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78AGM
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The Mars colony suffers nearly a hundred deaths when a mutant GM bacteria originally used to manufacture organic, recyclable plastics produces a highly lethal gas. People everywhere are horrified and stunned. New legislation is enacted to prevent such a disaster from repeating itself.

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2076
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Mars is now partially hospitable to humans. A fledgling colony of 500 settlers is established.

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2075
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A GM microbe is used to effectively cure brain tumors without surgey or chemotherapy for the first time in history

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2074
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Mars begins the long process of being terraformed or being made more Earth-like. Plants first pioneered on the moon are employed

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2064
12.

A GM bacteria engineered to digest oil slicks is found to cause a rare respitory disease in livestock. Large scale extermination plans are carried out to prevent the bacteria from spreading. The world community is shaken by this close shave.

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2061
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A superweed is discovered to be pushing out native plants in Australia. The world community becomes worried about similar things happening all over the world.

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2058
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GM crops can now grow in the near-vacuum environment of the moon's surface, beginning the long task of terraforming the moon (making it hospitable to humans) as well as making the moon the new bread-basket of the world.

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2057
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New category of Nobel prize is inaugerated - the Nobel Prize for GM

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2054
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GM pigs can now provide hearts and livers for human transplants. Some potential receipients object on the basis of ethical grounds.

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2049
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GM wheat and cotton can now grow in the arid regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. Countries such as Kenya become world-famous for their quality cottons.

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2038
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Several well-respected world religion leaders band together to issue a joint statement denouncing GM as "amoral" and "akin to playing God". Devotees boycott GM products for months.

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2014
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Several years of bumper crops brought on by GM crop strains send food prices to an all time low. Farmers, especially those in poor developing nations, suffer by getting lower incomes. Low-income families celebrate being able to afford better food.

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2011
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High costs prevent farmers in developing countries from planting GM crops. Discontent grows.

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2008
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Food vaccines become available, rates of measles and TB infection fall by more than half in dveloping nations. Scientists responsible receive Nobel prize for biology AND Nobel peace prize

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2007
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Big business cover-up exposed: multi-national life-sciences corporation is discovered to have hid information concerning toxicity of GM cotton to endangered bat species. Lawsuit ensues.

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2004
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GM food product triggers rare allergy, killing four people. Public confidence plummets.

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2002
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Highly respected environmentalists warn against the dangers of GM strains threatening biodiversity

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2001
25.
Game Start
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Consumers are wary of GM poducts. Protests break out in certain parts of Europe, demanding that the EU reject all Genetically Modified crops.

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the present day

~
Jason Yeo, Anastasia Salter & Allard Ankone



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