I think you're mainly talking about the worst case situation, which is obviously terrible: Unethical scientists performing unethical experiments for an unethica

I think you're mainly talking about the worst case situation, which is obviously terrible: Unethical scientists performing unethical experiments for an unethical government. I'm not arguing for that, and I don't think it's the only possible situation. > "it's science, you never get it right at the first experiment" > "there is going to be a lot of guinea pig children with serious secondary effects" I don't think so. If this does happen then it would be extremely sad, but I don't think it's very likely. Scientists are far more careful than that. A new drug has to go through many stages before it is ever tested in clinical trials, and these human trials are generally very safe. So I'm just trying to say that if this is done properly and with a lot of safeguards, then gene-editing is not inherently unethical. But you're probably right about China. They have a horrible history of human-rights abuses, and I think they are much more likely to get this wrong. Even if it's not a government program, Chinese companies don't have a great track record [1]. I wouldn't be surprised if they were already performing some reckless experiments, and all of these people should locked up. [1] https://qz.com/1323471/ten-years-after-chinas-melamine-laced-infant-milk-tragedy-deep-distrust-remains/ https://qz.com/1323471/ten-years-after-chinas-melamine-laced...