Comment on Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies from having hereditary disease

Avicenna@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• poopkins@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s an interesting ethical debate.

  I have a hereditary condition which passes only by the X chromosome, so should I, as a man, abort a daughter? Because now the risk is too high and I’ve elected to simply not have children. It would be great if I could fix the single swapped base pair that would otherwise cause disfigurement and life-long health problems.

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  • KatakiY@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah I’m always conflicted. Like eugenics is the end goal for these fascists but also… We should try to prevent hereditary defects rtct

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    • 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The unforeseen effects should be enough to give us pause.

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      • poopkins@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        What do you mean with unforeseen effects in this context?

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  • Avicenna@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is why billionaires should be kept away from sciences and tech but unfortunately they are all over it. The fact that these require lot of funding does not help.

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    • GreatRam@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They should be kept away from everything by not existing

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• eleitl@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  High IQ would be sure nice, but has a large number of genes involved. Not that you need a high IQ as a farmer in a low technology future.

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  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Since when are IQ scores indicative of intelligence?

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    • eleitl@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      G factor is highly correlated with real-life achievements. I make no other claim.

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