RE: Eugenics/Designer-babies... is the concept really that bad?
August 5, 2017 at 11:37 am
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2017 at 11:45 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Thing is, if there are objectively better genetic specimens of humanity, we'll go full gattaca by default. Why would I hire a lesser being, who invariably underperforms compared to an engineered candidate? That was the premise of Gattaca. Not that the society sought to intentionally become casually villainous, but that it just happened. The answer, in movieland, ofc..was "determination".
-how about increased tolerance for oxygen deprivation
-resistance to acid buildup in muscle tissue
-tetrachromatic vision
-increased dopamine/seratonin production or decreased inhibitor production.
-enhanced white blood cell count
Just for starters. These traits already exist in mutants among us, lol.
-how about increased tolerance for oxygen deprivation
-resistance to acid buildup in muscle tissue
-tetrachromatic vision
-increased dopamine/seratonin production or decreased inhibitor production.
-enhanced white blood cell count
Just for starters. These traits already exist in mutants among us, lol.
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