Comments on: The One Minute Case for Designer Babies http://oneminute.rationalmind.net/designer-babies/ A collaborative blog which will present a brief argument about a controversial issue that can be read in about a minute. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: john http://oneminute.rationalmind.net/designer-babies/comment-page-1/#comment-50367 john Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:40:42 +0000 24377#comment-50367 @brianna -- it's human nature that god should design your baby? That doesn't even make sense. And what are you basing your judgment of being wrong or right on exactly? Presumably you're christian (just a guess from your lack of punctuation - oh and you're complete lack of logic), which means that you shouldn't be passing judgment at all. Secondly, if god gave us free will, why can't we use it to improve our condition? How do you know that isn't god's plan? Maybe he gives people cancer to inspire others to search for a cure. Cures for cancer aren't some man-made unholy curses, they are naturally occurring medications and processes. By your criticism I'm assuming you've never taken Tylenol for a headache? Never received a shot to prevent a disease? Never washed your hands with soap to kill germs? God didn't make toilet paper, so I'm assuming you wipe your ass with leaves when you go to the bathroom? You can't possibly watch TV or enjoy anything that didn't exist in biblical times, eh? The whole problem with your argument is simply a lack of scientific understanding. How does your god's gift of discernment and free will any different than genetic variation? Besides it's not like your taking a newborn and chopping it into bits to put into another baby, are you crazy? I suppose when you eat eggs for breakfast you call it chicken? Now, all of this is really crap anyway because there is no such thing as god, and people like you really stand in the way of scientific progress. Unfortunately, once you die, NOTHING happens, it's just over. So why the hell would you not want to postpone that? @brianna –

it’s human nature that god should design your baby?

That doesn’t even make sense.

And what are you basing your judgment of being wrong or right on exactly? Presumably you’re christian (just a guess from your lack of punctuation – oh and you’re complete lack of logic), which means that you shouldn’t be passing judgment at all.

Secondly, if god gave us free will, why can’t we use it to improve our condition? How do you know that isn’t god’s plan? Maybe he gives people cancer to inspire others to search for a cure. Cures for cancer aren’t some man-made unholy curses, they are naturally occurring medications and processes. By your criticism I’m assuming you’ve never taken Tylenol for a headache? Never received a shot to prevent a disease? Never washed your hands with soap to kill germs? God didn’t make toilet paper, so I’m assuming you wipe your ass with leaves when you go to the bathroom? You can’t possibly watch TV or enjoy anything that didn’t exist in biblical times, eh?

The whole problem with your argument is simply a lack of scientific understanding. How does your god’s gift of discernment and free will any different than genetic variation? Besides it’s not like your taking a newborn and chopping it into bits to put into another baby, are you crazy? I suppose when you eat eggs for breakfast you call it chicken?

Now, all of this is really crap anyway because there is no such thing as god, and people like you really stand in the way of scientific progress. Unfortunately, once you die, NOTHING happens, it’s just over. So why the hell would you not want to postpone that?

]]> By: brianna http://oneminute.rationalmind.net/designer-babies/comment-page-1/#comment-50365 brianna Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:55:12 +0000 24377#comment-50365 dont you think designer babies is wrong? god should design your baby its human nature and for those who are creating a child with the same skin cells as ur previuos child to save them thats wrong! to break another child down into parts for save another! its gods will to take your child or not i know it hurts trust me! i lost a brother to cancer! but to create a child nd thier only purpose to be born is for spare parts thats wrong! god puts us on this earth for a reasion not so we can be spare parts! i understand donating but creating a child and breaking them down in to parts basically! yall r sik! dont you think designer babies is wrong?
god should design your baby its human nature
and for those who are creating a child with the same skin cells as ur previuos child to save them thats wrong!
to break another child down into parts for save another!
its gods will to take your child or not i know it hurts trust me! i lost a brother to cancer!
but to create a child nd thier only purpose to be born is for spare parts
thats wrong!
god puts us on this earth for a reasion
not so we can be spare parts!
i understand donating
but creating a child and breaking them down in to parts basically! yall r sik!

]]> By: Arnold T http://oneminute.rationalmind.net/designer-babies/comment-page-1/#comment-50111 Arnold T Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:12:32 +0000 24377#comment-50111 A GM baby is the only moral way to improve man's evolution. With all the advances in medicine, natural selection, in the normal sense, no longer works effectively to improve the evolutionary track of man. The fact is, modern medicine allows genetic defects to thrive and spread throughout a population. No longer do the weak and defective die before passing on their genes to the next generation. This is good. We all want to live full lives. We all want the advantages modern medicine provides. So what is the solution for our children and grandchildren as more and more disease and defects are passed on to future generations? The GM baby is the solution. Getting rid of a bad gene so your child will not have to live with it is the best option. A GM baby is the only moral way to improve man’s evolution. With all the advances in medicine, natural selection, in the normal sense, no longer works effectively to improve the evolutionary track of man.

The fact is, modern medicine allows genetic defects to thrive and spread throughout a population. No longer do the weak and defective die before passing on their genes to the next generation.

This is good. We all want to live full lives. We all want the advantages modern medicine provides. So what is the solution for our children and grandchildren as more and more disease and defects are passed on to future generations?

The GM baby is the solution. Getting rid of a bad gene so your child will not have to live with it is the best option.

]]> By: Randy http://oneminute.rationalmind.net/designer-babies/comment-page-1/#comment-34491 Randy Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:14:12 +0000 24377#comment-34491 Hello, I am a graduate student at MIT, and I am putting together a digestible science magazine intended for the general public to cover science news in an objective and meaningful fashion. For the first issue, I am considering the topic of genetic screening (specifically the subject of designer babies) as one of a few lead pieces. The format of the article would be a general expository piece breaking down the science of genetic screening and the instances of its inclusion in pop culture (from a renowned PhD expert in the field), followed by a forum from two opinion writers for and against its use. The articles should be objectively stated, and will be edited to reflect this. If you are interested in submitting a piece similar to this blog entry, please email me with a short CV, and we can start a dialogue. Thanks, Randy Carney Hello,
I am a graduate student at MIT, and I am putting together a digestible science magazine intended for the general public to cover science news in an objective and meaningful fashion. For the first issue, I am considering the topic of genetic screening (specifically the subject of designer babies) as one of a few lead pieces. The format of the article would be a general expository piece breaking down the science of genetic screening and the instances of its inclusion in pop culture (from a renowned PhD expert in the field), followed by a forum from two opinion writers for and against its use. The articles should be objectively stated, and will be edited to reflect this. If you are interested in submitting a piece similar to this blog entry, please email me with a short CV, and we can start a dialogue.

Thanks,
Randy Carney

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