RE: Eugenics/Designer-babies... is the concept really that bad?
August 5, 2017 at 11:28 am
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2017 at 11:32 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Oh, absolutely, but televisions aren't genetically enhanced human beings. I don;t think theres any need for shadiness, the worst case scenario can present itself for nothing but the best of intentions.
Let's use tvs - suppose it takes two or three generations, as it did for tvs, for them to become affordable, in every home -at least every home in the developed world..........
Gene editing follows the same arc, and the people who do it charge what they do to pay off the r/d and establshment costs so that someday, every baby can be edited. Given the current disparity between the rich and the poor...what will two or three generations of genetic supremacy do to that gap?
Let's use tvs - suppose it takes two or three generations, as it did for tvs, for them to become affordable, in every home -at least every home in the developed world..........
Gene editing follows the same arc, and the people who do it charge what they do to pay off the r/d and establshment costs so that someday, every baby can be edited. Given the current disparity between the rich and the poor...what will two or three generations of genetic supremacy do to that gap?
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