The slippery slope is my problem too, Tracey. I could see the Chinese engineering more boy births and fewer girl births, and someone might want to go the way of the Sauron supermen from "The Mote In God's Eye" (think the Augments from "Enterprise", only meaner and less schemey).
"If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:22:42 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? See, I have some genetic , incurable crap too. I think I would want that out to. However, I believe it is likely a slippery slope From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:23 PM To: SciFiNoir2 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? In a word, no, not even if it meant ridding them of the genetic combo that gave me what I've got. Though an improvement on my genes would be an incalculable gain for Mankind... "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:17:11 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] Question: Would you modify your kid's genes? Very soon the option of gene manipulation may come available. There are already methods that lean in that direction. Our near future may turn into a world that is similar to the movie Gattica. If the option became available do you think that if this option were available would you take that step to give your child the best advantages that he or she can have? Another question. Do you think that this kind of gene manipulation weaken the gene pool? -- Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. Sign up now. _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390709/direct/01/
