Designer babies is the start. Like I already believe if you're "selecting" something like your baby's gender, you're fuckin Hitler. But then, my roommate was all, "Well what if you could remove the trait for Huntington's that runs in the family?"

So there's clearly a spectrum of ways that genetic engineering could go.

The most interesting case to me is of He Jianku, who reportedly began studying and modifying human embryos. CIA fear disinfo, or Chinese scientists just marching ahead and setting the new standards of the 21st century?

  • Wmill [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Can I edit myself? I would probably love to improve my metabolism if possible, not by a crazy amount just enough so I could lose a bit of weight faster. I feel like this might be breaking the rules a bit but I thing this might be the most ethical.

    Sidenote I think environment might be more useful to alter than the individual genetics. Feel like this if done will be the ultimate in personal responsibility motto, just change your dna.