>Herasight goes further by also predicting height, BMI, longevity and even IQ. Nucleus Genomics in New York lets prospective parents try to select even more traits, including eye color, hair color, propensity for baldness and acne, and whether a child will be left-handed.
Interesting choices, if this actually worked, does society:
1) Forbid all of it, allowing kids to be born with these conditions
2) Leave it to personal choice, and let society diverge as elites pull ahead
3) Have the government decide what selection is allowed, and enforce "fair" distribution
#3 is true eugenics, though.... And we can't let parents opt out of the "good" gene set, and thus handicap their children. So we need to force 'em, just like vaccines.
Fortunately it doesn't work too well, and other crisis will likely get us first ;-)
marojejian•1h ago
Interesting choices, if this actually worked, does society:
1) Forbid all of it, allowing kids to be born with these conditions 2) Leave it to personal choice, and let society diverge as elites pull ahead 3) Have the government decide what selection is allowed, and enforce "fair" distribution
#3 is true eugenics, though.... And we can't let parents opt out of the "good" gene set, and thus handicap their children. So we need to force 'em, just like vaccines.
Fortunately it doesn't work too well, and other crisis will likely get us first ;-)