The perfect child

[Hepheastus420]

So how would you guys feel about being able to choose what traits your child will have upon creation? Like height, weight, emotions etc...

With the way science is advancing it won't be long until we will be able to actually do this by finding ways to put nucleic acids together which would create a far better human than any human that has ever lived!!!!


Seriously though, we will get to that point soon. How will you feel about it?

 

[Winter Woman]

I think I would want what nature provides. Nothing to do with religion, just not into engineering a kid.

 

[Hepheastus420]

I think I would want what nature provides. Nothing to do with religion, just not into engineering a kid.

Why not though? I'll admit that at first I was uneasy with the concept, but I asked myself why.. I couldn't answer.

 

[Tenner]

Life is not about expectations, its about the `fine tuning`

 

[Winter Woman]

I think it's because it would be made in a test tube more than anything else. It rates up there with using abortion for sex selection.

 

[Fungus Gnat]

I'd get stoned and watch Gattaca.

 

[drive]

or go for swim in Ocean

 

[Hepheastus420]

I think it's because it would be made in a test tube more than anything else. It rates up there with using abortion for sex selection.

Think about it this way. Someday your child (assuming you have a child of course) will go through depression. Wouldn't you not want to put your child through that? Or how about people with schizophrenia? No child would ever have to deal with that. Same goes with babies born with other problems.

 

[Total Head]

i think that we are too primitive to understand the consequences of doing this. we may inadvertently "breed out" an important gene. genetic modifications and mutations as a result of an environmental necessity are different and take many generations to achieve. this willy-nilly hand picking of genes is nothing but a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[Hepheastus420]

or go for swim in Ocean

Wouldn't you like to be able to swim faster in the water? Well soon you will be able to control your childs physical attributes which would make him/her an awesome swimmer.

 

[Fungus Gnat]

Think about it this way. Someday your child (assuming you have a child of course) will go through depression. Wouldn't you not want to put your child through that? Or how about people with schizophrenia? No child would ever have to deal with that. Same goes with babies born with other problems.

Flaws are what makes us human.

 

[Hepheastus420]

Flaws are what makes us human.

No it's what makes us weak.. Just being honest here. We wouldn't have to deal with flaws anymore. Don't get me wrong, the newer generation would still have to go through everyday challenges. They wouldn't be perfect (despite my title).

 

[Tenner]

Wouldn't you like to be able to swim faster in the water? Well soon you will be able to control your childs physical attributes which would make him/her an awesome swimmer.

I`d like a lot of things but maybe thats why we can dream? Who sets the limits in what we want anyway

 

[Tenner]

Hey hepaestheus are you the new Hitler? I hope your a member for the gym saying all this lol

 

[Fungus Gnat]

No it's what makes us weak.. Just being honest here. We wouldn't have to deal with flaws anymore. Don't get me wrong, the newer generation would still have to go through everyday challenges. They wouldn't be perfect (despite my title).

What happens to empathy in such situations?

 

[Hepheastus420]

I`d like a lot of things but maybe thats why we can dream? Who sets the limits in what we want anyway

Wouldn't it be cool to make your dreams a reality? You'd set the limits in what you want.

 

[Hepheastus420]

What happens to empathy in such situations?

I guess it would depend on what you would want to happen to it. I'd give my child every emotion (including love and hate) because I feel that those emotions teach us lessons in life.

 

[Urca]

I can give a valid argument, we talked about it in my bio class.
if we have the ability to design our babies, make them perfectly healthy, with no flaws in their genes, it will only be availiable to the rich. we would have this super class of healthy, smart, beautiful people, who could dominate and a subclass of poor, unhealthy, unintelligent "workers", who are bound to be more diseased, more frail, easily dominated.

 

[Hepheastus420]

i think that we are too primitive to understand the consequences of doing this. we may inadvertently "breed out" an important gene. genetic modifications and mutations as a result of an environmental necessity are different and take many generations to achieve. this willy-nilly hand picking of genes is nothing but a disaster waiting to happen.

True.. Very true. We need a certain amount of mutations to keep up with the ever changing world (pollution.. weather..etc..). Changing all of this could cause us too fail in evolving. No argument here. But I don't think knowing this will stop a scientists curiousity.

 

[dirtsurfr]

The DumbAss01 Gene is impossible to kill.
And, One mans flaw is the next ones advantage.