Designer Babies

[HexHammer]

Had to stop watching this Gattaca movie ...was simply tooooo longwinded!!

[vegetariantaxidermy]

Had to stop watching this Gattaca movie ...was simply tooooo longwinded!!

Probably why it didn't do well at the box office. I thought it was brilliant.

[Dalek Prime]

Had to stop watching this Gattaca movie ...was simply tooooo longwinded!!

Probably why it didn't do well at the box office. I thought it was brilliant.

I think Mary Shelley said it all.

[vegetariantaxidermy]

I think Mary Shelley said it all.

I don't get it.

[Dalek Prime]

I think Mary Shelley said it all.

I don't get it.

Sorry. I meant that 'Frankenstein' should be the only warning we should need, not to mess with life or play god. Even with in vitro, we are crossing lines we shouldn't, putting more pressure on population where it needn't have been. And with that and designer babies, what need will there ever be to adopt a child who already exists, and needs attention and nurturing?

[Skip]

Some American academic did a study not very long ago on Romanian orphans. Seems, if they're placed in quality foster care before age two, they have a good chance of achieving normal social adjustment and intellectual development. After three, they can't. So, just go ahead and write off all the three-year-olds in the world that have been deprived of love.

Actually, I was hoping for a bit of whimsy, rather than bloody depressing reality. But wtf, eh?

[vegetariantaxidermy]

I think Mary Shelley said it all.

I don't get it.

Sorry. I meant that 'Frankenstein' should be the only warning we should need, not to mess with life or play god. Even with in vitro, we are crossing lines we shouldn't, putting more pressure on population where it needn't have been. And with that and designer babies, what need will there ever be to adopt a child who already exists, and needs attention and nurturing?

I thought you probably meant that. Natural selection has had a few billion years of practice. It's arrogant to think we can do better. Not to mention that a large percentage of humans are a bloody waste of oxygen anyway.

[fivedeadapples]

Some American academic did a study not very long ago on Romanian orphans. Seems, if they're placed in quality foster care before age two, they have a good chance of achieving normal social adjustment and intellectual development. After three, they can't. So, just go ahead and write off all the three-year-olds in the world that have been deprived of love.

Actually, I was hoping for a bit of whimsy, rather than bloody depressing reality. But wtf, eh?

Am I missing something or is this unrelated?

[Dalek Prime]

When I wake up, in the morning light,
I put on my genes and I feel alright.
I put my new genes on, I put my cool new genes on.

(Thanks, David Dundas.)

[thedoc]

I don't get it.

Sorry. I meant that 'Frankenstein' should be the only warning we should need, not to mess with life or play god. Even with in vitro, we are crossing lines we shouldn't, putting more pressure on population where it needn't have been. And with that and designer babies, what need will there ever be to adopt a child who already exists, and needs attention and nurturing?

I thought you probably meant that. Natural selection has had a few billion years of practice. It's arrogant to think we can do better. Not to mention that a large percentage of humans are a bloody waste of oxygen anyway.

On this I have to agree, people often misjudge how well nature has adapted an organism to it's environment. Just look at how the anti-environmentalists claim that the most fit do not always survive, they think they know better what is required for survival.

[Arising_uk]

Had to stop watching this Gattaca movie ...was simply tooooo longwinded!!

Blimey! Your attention span is limited.

[Dalek Prime]

Had to stop watching this Gattaca movie ...was simply tooooo longwinded!!

Blimey! Your attention span is limited.

Some girl made me sit through the 'Meet Mr. Black' remake, at over three hours. That was painful.

[Dubious]

Can we dump them if we don't like the design?

[Dalek Prime]

Can we dump them if we don't like the design?

Technically, we can dump them even if we like the design. It could even become a favoured pastime.

[Dubious]

Can we dump them if we don't like the design?

Technically, we can dump them even if we like the design. It could even become a favoured pastime.

...but you gotta dump them early enough otherwise they'll grow on you.