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?

  • Cysioland [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    I can understand wanting to have something to relate to your kids about, but it strikes me as too much ego.

    It's the same "social model of disability" used eg. by the neurodiversity movement. And, frankly, as an autistic person, I can kinda understand that, given that the capital-d Deaf community has its own language, culture, etc.