A company figures out how to engineer babies/toddlers to be perfectly well behaved; they sleep through the night instantly, obey commands joyfully, never tantrum, etc. this effect wears off as they enter normal childhood, and has no discernable effects on them as adults. This is
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not fine because it makes us less tolerant towards other undesirable character traits (that we cannot get rid of).
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Would not trust 'and has no discernable effects on them as adults'. Would trust more if the effects were smaller.
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CRISPRmaxxing. Editing all disease out of our babies. Equipping them with vision in the ultraviolet spectrum. Adding functional wings so they can fly. A bulletproof chitinous exoskeleton from lobster genes. Fins on their heads to radiate heat generated by their massive brains.
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NF since many of these "unwanted" behaviours are the only ways babies can communicate!
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It’d be “fine” as you describe it, but foolish to believe any company making such claims.
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Fine morally but should still be illegal, because laws can't assume all the givens of the hypothetical
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I'm generally in favour of any genetic engineering as long as it's not mandatory and hasn't been outlawed.
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I’m curious if the answer changes for some if a government is offering this?
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I do not believe this would have no effects, discernible or not. Not knowing what those effects would be, it would be profoundly irresponsible to experiment on babies.
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