- Nature published an editorial calling for a global moratorium on heritable human genome editing, prompting debate in the channel about the practicality and ethics of such a ban.  
- Participants criticized the editorial’s appeal to “the opinions of humankind,” arguing that it conflates moral absolutism with the impossibility of universal consensus.  
- A 2015 log excerpt was cited in which the community had already informally declared a “moratorium on moratoriums,” highlighting long-standing skepticism toward blanket bans on emerging biotech.  
- The Center for Genetics and Society was quoted asserting that germline editing is “not a medical technology” because it does not treat an existing patient; channel members pushed back, noting the irony of a self-described “eugenics watchdog” implicitly endorsing negative eugenics.  
- A 2015 Nature “Perspective” piece titled “Encourage the innovators” was resurfaced, with concern expressed that its pro-innovation stance might be retracted under current political pressure, prompting calls to archive the article.