tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post1064458320480069821..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: Designer babiesSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-42451953179205609632011-12-01T23:15:46.968-05:002011-12-01T23:15:46.968-05:00There are three possible explanations.
1) You may...There are three possible explanations.<br /><br />1) You may not be identical (homozygous) twins, but rather paternal (heterozygous) twins. This happens much more often than you and most people think.<br /><br />2) Individual cells of all people undergo mutations post-impregnation. Some people even have two different eye-colors within their own body (left eye blue, right eye brown, fx), this is LaurentMelchiorTelliernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-88046544052236845682011-12-01T09:41:23.411-05:002011-12-01T09:41:23.411-05:00see im a twin.. i have light brown eyes amd ny bro...see im a twin.. i have light brown eyes amd ny brother has dark drown eyes.. but we look like each other. explaine why we have different eye colors... thanksanfernee harrisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-85929267614987678492011-12-01T09:40:25.755-05:002011-12-01T09:40:25.755-05:00how come bardock has blue eyes and goku has brown ...how come bardock has blue eyes and goku has brown eyes?anfernee harrisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-34810162190458718552011-03-22T14:44:49.195-04:002011-03-22T14:44:49.195-04:00Right now, the medical procedure with the highest ...Right now, the medical procedure with the highest success rate of getting you a boy (or a girl if this is what you want,) is called PGD which stands for “pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.” This takes place in a lab and is basically artificial insemination which takes it to the next level to determine gender.gender selectionhttp://www.selectyourbaby.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-39867148267639229792011-03-20T06:47:41.845-04:002011-03-20T06:47:41.845-04:00It is all Genetic stuff. Its not in your control t...It is all Genetic stuff. Its not in your control till you modify your genesHow To Get Pregnanthttp://www.how2getpregnantfast.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-70288436028354931752009-03-18T17:38:00.000-04:002009-03-18T17:38:00.000-04:00Please sign my petition and pass it onhttp://www.p...Please sign my petition and pass it on<BR/><BR/>http://www.petitiononline.com/ivfrape/petition.html<BR/><BR/>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<BR/><BR/>SAVE BABY X<BR/><BR/>Artificial Insemination used for Immigration & Paternity Fraud and the<BR/>complete removal of this child's rights to a father.<BR/><BR/>Baby X has been Father Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13468113443196202021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-34567415505367997592009-02-18T21:46:00.000-05:002009-02-18T21:46:00.000-05:00I already have kids, so it's too late for me :-)I ...I already have kids, so it's too late for me :-)<BR/><BR/>I don't think there's any stopping this kind of thing once the economics are right. Think of how many people use steroids, visit a plastic surgeon, buy Baby Einstein videos for their kids, etc.Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-27306534831589398402009-02-18T19:31:00.000-05:002009-02-18T19:31:00.000-05:00I think having some "hang ups" about this kind of ...I think having some "hang ups" about this kind of thing is healthy - at least it means the case will have to be well made, because its really the sort of topic that demands a long hard think about where it leads.<BR/><BR/>What would you do, Steve, given the option?<BR/><BR/>I've no strong opinion on the safety aspects, however I think the social aspects are horrifying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-63077374241281781982009-02-16T22:36:00.000-05:002009-02-16T22:36:00.000-05:00It is optimizing from a bag of genes from the pare...It is optimizing from a bag of genes from the parents. It will be a very long time before the effect of man made genes can be predicted. True designer babies would have the best alleles from around the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-22561876078985281282009-02-16T19:07:00.000-05:002009-02-16T19:07:00.000-05:00True, but this is just embryo selection. It is not...True, but this is just embryo selection. It is not really "de-novo" designer baby stuff.kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-63377076228169609732009-02-16T18:07:00.000-05:002009-02-16T18:07:00.000-05:00>PGD is a screening technology with very little...>PGD is a screening technology with very little downside risk. So, it is very quickly adopted into the marketplace. <BR/><BR/>Yes, but screening for more than disease can be added to PGD once more genetic data is available. Parents will be able to decide *which* of their many fertilized embryos they would most like to have carried to term, based on predicted characteristics. It's not Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-4857960433290315422009-02-16T12:30:00.000-05:002009-02-16T12:30:00.000-05:00I think this stuff will be slow to be adopted. Par...I think this stuff will be slow to be adopted. Parents are inherently conservative and the parents that can afford this kind of technology are more conservative still. Parents are more likely to undergo an new treatment (i.e. lasix, etc.) themselves than they are to have their kids do it.<BR/><BR/>PGD is a screening technology with very little downside risk. So, it is very quickly adopted into kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-49354910778802559432009-02-16T11:28:00.000-05:002009-02-16T11:28:00.000-05:00"make sure my sons are dark complected"Are you a g..."make sure my sons are dark complected"<BR/><BR/>Are you a ginger man? <BR/><BR/>Examples of ginger men:<BR/>Ronald MacDonald<BR/>Consn O'Brien<BR/>Damian Lewis<BR/><BR/>It is true, as Eric Cartman has said, that ginger people have no soul.<BR/><BR/>But what's wrong with Boris becker or Boris Johnson?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-42089862898195004952009-02-16T08:54:00.000-05:002009-02-16T08:54:00.000-05:00When the rich can't look down on the poor as biolo...<I>When the rich can't look down on the poor as biologically inferior socialism is inevitable. </I><BR/><BR/>I expect these technologies will increase the gap between rich and poor at first; only the upper and upper-middle classes will be able to afford these. The lower classes will continue popping out their low quality children without genetic enhancements. Even after the treatments become Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-32430422059194169082009-02-15T20:26:00.000-05:002009-02-15T20:26:00.000-05:00Asians are more pragmatic and have less baggage in...Asians are more pragmatic and have less baggage in this area. Also, there is no equivalent of political correctness on these issues -- people are free to judge the data as it stands.Steve Hsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-68592925749919473732009-02-15T11:52:00.000-05:002009-02-15T11:52:00.000-05:00Why not in Asia, Steve? Are attitudes that differe...Why not in Asia, Steve? Are attitudes that different?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-68696166795746866232009-02-14T13:01:00.000-05:002009-02-14T13:01:00.000-05:00DB's point is important. Read the article "Cleava...DB's point is important. Read the article "Cleavage (embryo)" in the wikipedia. If you like genetic testing of this nature, humans, it would seem, are just lucky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-77188226429237492632009-02-14T08:49:00.000-05:002009-02-14T08:49:00.000-05:00Only tangentially related, but I'm bound to pass o...Only tangentially related, but I'm bound to pass on the best ever title of a magazine article. A few years back, <I>The Economist</I> ran a story about how there are only 9 young woman for every 10 young men in China, entitled <I>6.3 Brides for 7 Brothers</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-73529995444971390652009-02-14T01:07:00.000-05:002009-02-14T01:07:00.000-05:00Brave New World? Four generations of idiots is eno...Brave New World? <BR/><BR/>Four generations of idiots is enough...four genrations of brown eyes is enough...four generations of fatties...etc. <BR/><BR/>When the rich can't look down on the poor as biologically inferior socialism is inevitable. <BR/><BR/>Artificial selection available to all parents will "at last end the age of cant".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-65609318370658380942009-02-13T17:36:00.000-05:002009-02-13T17:36:00.000-05:00I think people will get used to the idea. And as l...I think people will get used to the idea. And as long as it's only things like eye color or so, it's not much of a deal (at least not to me, be sure people will be arguing about this still in the next century). In some sense, people are doing such selections already anyway. A friend of mine was looking for an egg donation, and her requirement was the donor be blue eyed and blond because her wholeSabine Hossenfelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06151209308084588985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-49501649525231436822009-02-13T16:32:00.000-05:002009-02-13T16:32:00.000-05:00I think it's just a little remarkable that you can...I think it's just a little remarkable that you can remove one cell from a 6-cell embryo and not end up with, you know, 5/6 of a person...DBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742754700763907691noreply@blogger.com