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Good luck with agreeing on oppressive afflictions. Some would argue that some affliction is even desirable.
by swader999 3y ago
Good luck with agreeing on oppressive afflictions. Some would argue that some affliction is even desirable.
- Supermancho 3y agoThere is not going to be debate over every single aspect of human suffering. eg Progeria and parietal bone defects
- jncfhnb 3y agoDon’t see how that matters
- Avicebron 3y agoI mean, I can see it going pretty south if some people decide that a certain skin color qualifies as an "oppressive affliction"
- jncfhnb 3y agoOk, but so what? We can agree that some people will be upset if some things are genetically curated. Is that an argument for a blanket ban against genetic curation? Because I think it’s weak as hell.
- Avicebron 3y agoWell if we swap "genetic curation" with "eugenics" I think you'd be hard pressed to stand up in front of a group and argue that in 2023.
- jncfhnb 3y agoI’m arguing for it. I’m also literally doing it. So… again. What is your point? Is your point that some people will be upset if something is true? Because that’s generally always true.
- nick__m 3y agoEradicating congenital disease is not the same as eradicating peoples with congenital disease.
- slashdev 3y agoBig difference!
- jokethrowaway 3y ago> Well if we swap "genetic curation" with "eugenics" I think you'd be hard pressed to stand up in front of a group and argue that in 2023. Because we're a generation of snowflakes and I'd recommend to get a better set of friends you can talk freely about stuff. People are so scared of being branded racist or nazi that common sense goes out of the door. You're performing eugenics or selective breeding when you select a partner to have children with. People with different ethnic backgrounds will have different characteristic and of course you want to maximise the chances of success for your kids. Balancing them out (often by mixing races) and granting both parents advantages to the kids is the optimal solution. For example, I got strong hairs from my dad and a dark skin from my mom so I'm not bald like relatives on my mom side and I can stand in the sun for way longer than my dad could. What's wrong with that? I'd say we're genetically predisposed for doing that already, without access to information. Eg. I always liked blonde pale girls who are the polar opposite of myself
- mcpackieh 3y agoPeople already choose the color of their babies, either by choosing their sexual partner or by choosing what egg/sperm donor they use. How could it possibly be otherwise, government mandated IVF with randomized donors?
- jncfhnb 3y agoI think people are not really aware of the current state. You can pick the sex of your kid too with IVF to the extent that if you have male and female embryos successfully extracted and frozen you can choose which ones to use.