Designer Babies

that's the problem with genetic engineering. I think the possibilities for disease cures are amazing, but then you are inevitably going to get people who make designer babies. this is where the phrase "I love you for who you are" takes on a whole new meaning

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Ulysses

In the past, the sabre-tooth tiger or the wolf would have preyed upon the weakest in the species, if they didn't die of natural causes. That was a natural form of controlling and limiting the effects of genetic faults. Where's that limiting factor now?

I can imagine it....like a sci-fi movie, where a certain minority of people are treated as inhuman because their parents didn't want, or couldn't afford to do genetic engineering. We have ways to make healthier people without genetic mutations. Yes, there are some things that medicine won't take care of, for this I think using genetic engineering very sparingly could be good. I'm just worried about the inevitable bad that people will use it for.

There's nowhere I can't reach.