(October 8, 2021 at 2:09 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote:(October 8, 2021 at 1:36 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: First of all...who decides what 'defects' should be done away with?
That's a prime example of a very slippery slope.
Some may prefer to remove defects -- others may prefer to encourage them. What if we find a gene for narcissism, and narcissists decide everyone should be that way?
Still, I believe this will come. People will voluntarily sequence their own genes, and will screen embryos for defects, and for preferred traits like "blue eyes".
I agree that it may come but the thought is terrifying.
