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GENES,
WHY GO
THROUGH THE HASSLE
OF INSERTING SOME FOREIGN DNA,
when you can just rewrite the code & turn
a dangerous mutant gene into its benign version?
Then we might start using the same mechanism to fix not just
lethal genes, but also those responsible for lèss deadly illnesses, for autism,
for stupidity & for obesity! Who would like his or her child to suffer from any of these?
Suppose a genetic test indicates that your would-be daughter will in all likelihood be smart, kind &
beautiful - bùt wìll sùffer from chronic depression! Wouldn't you want to save her from years of misery by a
quick & painless intervention in the test tube? And while you are at it, why not give the child a little push?!
Life is hard and challenging even for healthy people!? So it would surely come ìn handy if the little girl hàd
a stronger-than-normal immune system, an above-average memory or a particularly sunny disposition!!!
And even if you don't want that for your child - what if the neighbours are doing it for theirs?
Would yóu háve yóur child lag behind? And if the government forbids all citizens
from engineering their babies, what if the North Koreans are doing it
ànd producing amazing geniuses, artists &
athletes that fàr outperform óurs?
And like that, in baby steps,
we are on our way to a
genetic child
catalogue!

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