Re:Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation in Human Embryos
by bamboozled on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @11:49PM
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This comment comes across as kind of paranoid and delusional.
There is no way that gene editing will give you "control over the environment" or that we need to start interfering with embryos to win some kind of non-existent arms race. Where is the evidence to suggest that these "super intelligent" children will grow up to ignore borders etc?
One doesn't have to be religious to feel as if some of these ideas are ethically questionable.
There is nothing wrong with the children we have today, we just don't look after them or their environment properly. Super smart children won't do much good with us for role models.
There is no way that gene editing will give you "control over the environment" or that we need to start interfering with embryos to win some kind of non-existent arms race. Where is the evidence to suggest that these "super intelligent" children will grow up to ignore borders etc?
One doesn't have to be religious to feel as if some of these ideas are ethically questionable.
There is nothing wrong with the children we have today, we just don't look after them or their environment properly. Super smart children won't do much good with us for role models.