What if we could be genetically engineered?

LikeAnOcean

Hypothetically, let's say you decide to have a child, and science gave you an option to make that child smart, nonviolent,


Genetically they would look like you and display your best traits, but any defects would be weeded out.


We'd live in a world where no one would have the urge to walk into a theater an kill people. People would be selfless and only act to make the world better for everyone.

People would decide to limit their children to prevent overpopulation. Not cheat, not kill, not rape, etc..

Basically if we could engineer everyone to get along and do what is best for the survival of the human race.


Thoughts?

catefrances

my children are smart and nonviolent.

Prince Of Dorkness

can you imagine a world where nobody had any thing that made them unique?

Nobody had anything that the masses didn't feel comfortable with?

Steven Hawking would be out... what parent wants a child who'll grow up to have ALS?

No Michelangelo... no fags.

Cher? Nope. Let's weed out the dyslexics.

and of course, we'd want non-violent and obedient people... a bunch of slaves who do what they're told.

I hope I die long before that happens.

Aero83_

What if? pfftt..
and I agree with the above post. I adore differences unlike some..

blueandwhite

I don't like this idea at all. I could see a subservient class with inferior genes being engineered to work for a new ruling class. Genetic imperfections could be used to control the masses and bring about a new form of oppression. The rich would be smarter, healthier stronger and longer lived than the rest of us.

I'm certainly glad that I won't be part of such a world.

Godfather.

"WE ALL BUNDLE" it's what everybody want's..well most, they want a stop to violance,cheating,stealing,lieing, no need for wars and so on but....our human nature makes us look for the dark side and defend our reasoning for it. go figure....

Godfather.

Jason P

We would all look like Jude Law and Uma Thurman. Those of us not altered would look like Ethan Hawke.

:ugeek:

know1

LikeAnOcean wrote:

Hypothetically, let's say you decide to have a child, and science gave you an option to make that child smart, nonviolent,


Genetically they would look like you and display your best traits, but any defects would be weeded out.


We'd live in a world where no one would have the urge to walk into a theater an kill people. People would be selfless and only act to make the world better for everyone.

People would decide to limit their children to prevent overpopulation. Not cheat, not kill, not rape, etc..

Basically if we could engineer everyone to get along and do what is best for the survival of the human race.


Thoughts?

I'd be totally against it.

catefrances

ugh... im bored already.

curly

its evolution baby!!! :corn: :corn:

BinauralJam

Has Star Trek not taught us anything?

hedonist

Jason P wrote:

We would all look like Jude Law and Uma Thurman. Those of us not altered would look like Ethan Hawke.

:ugeek:

Ha! I was thinking of that too.

And this -

FiveB247x

I think we as a species are very naive about this topic. Technology and modern mecidine already intervene well beyond and extend the lives of humans, so how is that different? I know there is obviously some grey area with limitations, but the common cold used to kill people a thousand yrs ago, and improvements have been made to adjust this bad thing from occuring. How are vaccinations or any other medical innovation different? It is simply put, humans intervening and controlling their own life.

JonnyPistachio

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

Cher? Nope.

are we absolutely sure she wasnt created in a lab somewhere? :corn:

MotoDC

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

can you imagine a world where nobody had any thing that made them unique?

Nobody had anything that the masses didn't feel comfortable with?

Steven Hawking would be out... what parent wants a child who'll grow up to have ALS?

No Michelangelo... no fags.

Cher? Nope. Let's weed out the dyslexics.

and of course, we'd want non-violent and obedient people... a bunch of slaves who do what they're told.

I hope I die long before that happens.

I got the impression that OP was attempting to set up an "ideal hypothetical", though I could be mistaken. So using your examples:

- We'd have Hawking, but he'd be able to think AND walk.

- Michelangelo would be able to paint, invent, etc, but not be gay...hey wait I think I've been set up here. I'm kidding. I think the fear you're getting to here is "who gets to determine what genes/traits are good or bad?" I think for the purposes of the OP, we assume that "bad" is only what is very obviously "bad" as outlined in the OP, a la murder, rape, theft etc.

- We'd have Cher (okay again I think I'm being set up here :P ), but she'd be able to sing AND read/write without effort.

Prince Of Dorkness

MotoDC wrote:

- Michelangelo would be able to paint, invent, etc, but not be gay..

But... does being gay make one more creative? Does being gay make one more artistic?

I think for the purposes of the OP, we assume that "bad" is only what is very obviously "bad" as outlined in the OP, a la murder, rape, theft etc.

Ok but MANY very powerful people in the GOP say that being gay is like being an alcoholic or a kleptomaniac or a rapist... so... yeah... who gets to decide?

- We'd have Cher (okay again I think I'm being set up here :P ), but she'd be able to sing AND read/write without effort.

But if she could write... would she have become a singer and actress? She says she chose to sing in bars because she couldn't type or work jobs that required reading and data...

Prince Of Dorkness

FiveB247x wrote:

the common cold used to kill people a thousand yrs ago, and improvements have been made to adjust this bad thing from occurring

That's actually not true. The Common Cold is just your body over-reacting to an otherwise harmless virus. Nobody has ever died of a cold.

Although I know what you mean... medical advancements help people live longer... I just worry that they will be used to keep some from ever being born.

hedonist

Not that it matters, but I just backspaced over a semi-diatribe...sometimes I get fired up and (the proper) words escape me. I'll leave it to when I can better articulate.

As to Cher, I'm not a fan overall but loved her - along with Sonny and Chaz - as a kid (she was a V-A-M-P, vamp!) And in Moonstruck.

I also have an iron candleholder in our bathroom and a huge gorgeous papier-mache sun hanging on our living room wall, courtesy of her now-defunct catalog, "Sanctuary".

brianlux

Personally, I happen to like defective people.

Prince Of Dorkness

brianlux wrote:

Personally, I happen to like defective people.

it's why we get along so well.

brianlux

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

brianlux wrote:

Personally, I happen to like defective people.

it's why we get along so well.