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Re:China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions by nsxwolf on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:23PM (#15041153)
If your disability had been repaired with, say, CRISPR, you'd be alive right now and without that disability. Had your disability been removed via "selection", you wouldn't exist.
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Re:China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions by ng12 on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:27PM (#15041188)
You're technically right for some definition of "me", but I don't think that's a particularly useful way to think about it. My parents would have instead had a healthier version of "me".
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Re:China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions by tanilama on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:25PM (#15041165)
The same argument would also be used to ban abortion, just you know.
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Re:China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions by tonmoy on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:36PM (#15041262)
And morning after pills
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Re:China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions by mmirate on Friday August 18, 2017 @04:17PM (#15049395)
Even though I've no disabilities per se, I would gladly trade my own existence for that of a genetically-superior sibling.
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Re:China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions by mmirate on Monday August 21, 2017 @02:47PM (#15066699)
(Being a superior being, such a sibling would deserve their existence more than I do mine.)
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Re:China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions by eloisius on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:30PM (#15041217)
If it was "repaired" with CRISPR, would the person that is ng12 exist, or would some other child belonging to ng12's parents exist?

Are we not a product of our experiences, or do you really think every zygote is endowed with some kind or unique soul?

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Re:China’s embrace of embryo selection raises thorny questions by WillPostForFood on Thursday August 17, 2017 @05:49PM (#15041355)
Replace "unique soul" with "unique set of genetic attributes."
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