tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post2559734367402365451..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: PGD in the US and IsraelSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-82790562319698985012015-04-23T19:36:09.649-04:002015-04-23T19:36:09.649-04:00You highlight a common predicament that the Left p...You highlight a common predicament that the Left prefers to ignore. You can extract your later term baby with a vacuum hose, but God forbid if you want it to have blue eyes.millermp1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-11136983185985167842014-02-07T10:41:50.272-05:002014-02-07T10:41:50.272-05:00This is clearly not eugenics in the usual sense of...This is clearly not eugenics in the usual sense of encouraging certain people to have children, or discouraging or prohibiting others. I personally don't see much conceptual difference between:<br /><br /><br />1. Taking a group of embryos, sequencing them, and choosing one; and<br /><br />2. Taking a single embryo and editing the genome.<br /><br /><br />I suppose that someone who equates bg2bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-12824521215664576182014-02-06T16:48:33.169-05:002014-02-06T16:48:33.169-05:00PGD is straight up eugenics, currently being used ...PGD is straight up eugenics, currently being used for the very justifiable purpose of weeding out dangerous hereditary conditions at the embryo stage. Powerful ethical questions will be presented, however, when this process, inevitably, starts being used to destroy embryos whose only crime is that they are less intelligent than their siblings.Peter Connornoreply@blogger.com