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goatAlmighty t1_j8qqdi6 wrote

Reply to comment by Josvan135 in Americans are ready to test embryos for future college chances, survey shows by ChickenTeriyakiBoy1

It is certainly debatable what is acceptable and what is not. But, for me at least, the thought of living in a world without any kind of personal freedom, where more or less society decides for you what you ought to be doing, is a pretty horrible scenario.

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Remarkable-Hall-9478 t1_j8smxv6 wrote

Yeah? Sounds bad?

Imagine how kids born with MS feel. Or Palsy. Or epilepsy. Or, quite frankly, any of tens of thousands of other diseases.

Imagine having a heart defect that could’ve been fixed when you were a kid, but which went untreated because your parents either didn’t care enough, or didn’t understand, or had some sort of ideological opposition to the tech that would fix you.

Imagine how much. Less freedom you would feel if your body didn’t allow you to do things that others could.

Sounds pretty fucked, right? Sounds like you want eliminated EXACTLY WHAT THE GATTACA SOCIETY WAS ELIMINATING

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goatAlmighty t1_j8swqoh wrote

Stop implying something I've never said. Shout as long as you want, but the original link (and Gataca, imho), isn't about eliminating illnesses as such, but about either favoring certain embryos and/or forcing people to take careers that fit their genetic outfit, no matter if they want to or not. So forget things like freedom of any kind.

Selecting embryos due to their (perceived) chances for future college is a f*cked up idea. It's euthanasia for nothing else but, basically, intelligence. And it will, once again, favor those who can afford it and leave all others in the dust.

Eliminating illnesses on a larger scale is a completely different matter, but even that purpose is debatable. There are parents who are willing to give their unborn child a chance even if they know that it has some kind of genetic defect. And even if such measures would be reliable in the future, they'll most probably wouldn't be for the masses but for the few who can afford them.

The end result would be some very healthy, very intelligent rich people and an endless stream of poor people who, due to their "faulty" genetic composition, would be seen as mere underlings, only there to serve those that are "worthy" of good education and jobs.

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Remarkable-Hall-9478 t1_j8tln87 wrote

At this point I am thoroughly convinced you didn't even watch the movie lmao. At best you have it confused with another movie, my guy.

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StarChild413 t1_j8vk3kl wrote

What about things like autism and ADHD, they're technically disabilities that are hindrances but less so/in a different way, should they be as eliminated

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