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Looks like we are not that far from the dystopian future depicted in the movie Gattaca[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by scardine 9y ago
Looks like we are not that far from the dystopian future depicted in the movie Gattaca[1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gattaca
- kickout 9y agoNo, not even close. Comically uninformed take right here
- civilitty 9y agoSelective in vitro fertilization has been around for at least a decade now, where you select fertilized eggs based on genetic markers. It's not direct genetic engineering yet, but we're pretty much already in Gattaca.
- kickout 9y agoYou got a link what company offers selective in vitro fertilization (for cosmetic traits, not something like down syndrome)
- techer 9y agoIs gender a cosmetic trait?
- gwern 9y agoPGD has been in use to a very limited extent, testing on just 1 or a bare handful of specific genetic diseases, along with basic checks for gross abnormalities like microscope examination. Use of full SNP arrays is still very new and no one has ever used them to select based on complex traits like height.
- Footkerchief 9y agoFor anyone else who's wondering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preimplantation_genetic_diagnosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preimplantation_genetic_diagno...
- IntronExon 9y agoFor tall, muscular people with certain superficial features? Probably. For intelligence and deeper features, all while controlling for undesirable adverse effects (like early cancers, epilepsy, and so forth) hell no. What we don’t know about the brain alone is staggering, nevermind how tweaking it with ensembles of genes will impact the whole human. So relax, we have plenty of dystopia without designer babies.