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Sam Altman and husband reportedly working to genetically engineer babies from having hereditary disease
(www.the-independent.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2025
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It's an interesting ethical debate.
I have a hereditary condition which passes only by the X chromosome, so should I, as a man, abort a daughter? Because now the risk is too high and I've elected to simply not have children. It would be great if I could fix the single swapped base pair that would otherwise cause disfigurement and life-long health problems.
Yeah I'm always conflicted. Like eugenics is the end goal for these fascists but also... We should try to prevent hereditary defects rtct
The unforeseen effects should be enough to give us pause.
What do you mean with unforeseen effects in this context?
Unforeseen is pretty clear, by definition, that they're things we wouldn't be able to predict until they happen. I agree with the general sentiment in this thread btw, using genetics to prevent hereditary conditions or otherwise improve the human condition sounds great on paper but it's risky business.
I understand what the word means, but in which domain are the effects unpredictable? In terms of policy and enforcement of what may or may not be genetically modified, or what the genetic outcome would be of gene modification? I agree with the prior.
This is why billionaires should be kept away from sciences and tech but unfortunately they are all over it. The fact that these require lot of funding does not help.
They should be kept away from everything by not existing