Re: [DIYbio] Which country has the most progressive human GM laws? China?

On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Cathal Garvey
<cathalgarvey@cathalgarvey.me> wrote:
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> My personal feeling on human "reproductive engineering" is that if the
> fundamental goal is to create a healthy, happy human being, then
> that's Ok, but if the goal is to make yourself happy by choosing or
> tweaking a human being to your tastes, that's selfish and not-ok.

isn't that what everyone does when they choose a 'beautiful' woman or
man over an 'ugly' one? Why do the two have to be positioned
diametrically? I have no doubt I could conceive of some 'cool' genetic
mods that wouldn't detract one bit from the 'being' being happy (I can
also think of seemingly boring mods that would not impact their
happiness too)... I know plenty of people who have kids
mindlessly/aimlessly because it simply 'happened'.

Who's ever mentioned GM-ing humans so they specifically ended up
unhappy? I could foresee that as being an unintended side-effect, but
it doesn't seem like a purposefully unhappy human would even be
valuable for the most shrewd economist. Depressed people don't have
high GDP.

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-Nathan

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