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Eugenics/Designer-babies... is the concept really that bad?
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RE: Eugenics/Designer-babies... is the concept really that bad?
Well, it might seem like it is something for the wealthy, but so were all technological innovations once. Televisions, computers, phones everything was once available solely to the rich, now they are so commonplace that we barely even stop to admire them. And gene editing is already something that even college grads can do in a barebone lab, with the right laws and progress in technology things should get even easier and more accessible.

As for corporate shadiness, unless they are a movie villain organization like umbrella corp, they really won't have that much motivation to do something shady. Sure they can try to keep that intelligence enhancing formula for themselves for a while, but as we all know in this age of information such attempts are quite pointless. Trying to keep from others and selfish greed only makes sense with limited resources but with genetic engineering, we possibly might have access to the entire universe.
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RE: Eugenics/Designer-babies... is the concept really that bad? - by Aoi Magi - August 5, 2017 at 11:20 am

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