Revolutionary and scary. Two companies are offering to accurately genotype embryos for IVF and allow couples to choose the one most likely to become a healthy adult. The technique could also be used to predict height, IQ, eye colour etc https://econ.st/2zROezQ By me
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Some would find the idea of giving wealthy people the power to choose (to an extent) the characteristics of their kids to be "scary". Or troubling at least. Quite possible those with the money will in future choose to have IVF so that they can go down this route.
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Yes, but new technology tends to trickle down pretty quickly from rich to middle class to poor. The rich subsidize the R&D, and get a slight head start, but then soon everybody can benefits. And it'll soon be MUCH cheaper than most environmental interventions (e.g. higher ed).
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'Designer babies' are the future. Choosing embryos less likely to have developmental delays, degenerative disorders, and any number of other health issues scientists and doctors are able to identify by such means is, rather inarguably, better than 'chance'.
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That is indeed how it will start (for who could object to that?) But pretty soon it'll be height, educational attainment etc And of course the technology will not be available to all. Imagine a rich couple paying for IVF+a surrogate in the developing world to have baby
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Everything is 'scary', 'frightening' and 'terrifying', these days. It's the current year, of course.
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I don’t know, but I’d love to investigate
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