🇾 🇪 🇿 🇿 🇪 🇾@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agoWhen rich people can edit their kids DNA won't that just lock everyone else out and create a new class?message-squaremessage-square247linkfedilinkarrow-up1331arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1320arrow-down1message-squareWhen rich people can edit their kids DNA won't that just lock everyone else out and create a new class?🇾 🇪 🇿 🇿 🇪 🇾@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square247linkfedilinkfile-text
CRISPR and other tools aren’t science fiction anymore. If the wealthy get there first, what happens to everyone else?
minus-squaretheywilleatthestars@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 days agoThat’s a worry, but also there’s still a lot of stuff we don’t understand about genetics, and a bunch of grifters who’ll fleece the super wealthy
minus-squarecrimsonpoodle@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoThat’s what I think will maybe even the playing field; while it’s expensive it’s not well understood; a few mistakes and they’ll be more cautious. By the time it becomes more popular again it’ll be cheap. Optimistic thought at least.
That’s a worry, but also there’s still a lot of stuff we don’t understand about genetics, and a bunch of grifters who’ll fleece the super wealthy
That’s what I think will maybe even the playing field; while it’s expensive it’s not well understood; a few mistakes and they’ll be more cautious. By the time it becomes more popular again it’ll be cheap. Optimistic thought at least.