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Wipperwill1 t1_isd8jmw wrote

I love to think about the potential for good but when is someone going to target a gene for say, dark skin pigment, and attach a bad gene like say infertility.

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daoistic t1_isdisdc wrote

That's not how it works, thank God. Unlikely for those genes to be anywhere near each other.

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No-Philosopher2573 t1_isew102 wrote

Wrong. Someone with bad intentions will very likely be the first large scale application of this type of tech

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No-Philosopher2573 t1_isdgth0 wrote

Before anything positive is done with it would be my guess. Or how about designer babies as if being born to a billionare didnt already have enough advantages lets make sure they are all 6'6" olympic cailaber athletes with genius level IQ

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