Genetic Modification

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I can't imagine what ethical (non -religious) argument you could have against creating fitter, healthier , more intelligent and potentially even more moral individual . If we have the power to change our genetics fo the better , how can this not be a good thing ?

Actually I think there is a moral argument people can go down, and I completely get it. At the end of the day we are creating life with the attributes we want, playing god as it were.

Altering the human germline - in effect tinkering with the very make-up of our species - is a technique shunned by the vast majority of the world's scientists.

It's not shunned by scientists for no reason you know.


I'm not strictly against this kind of experimentation myself, but the question of whether it is ethical is certainly one which needs to be talked about and agreed upon.