Designer babies are here! All hail Gattaca!

Singularity Hub reports:

"The Fertility Institutes recently stunned the fertility community by being the first company to boldly offer couples the opportunity to screen their embryos not only for diseases and gender, but also for completely benign characteristics such as eye color, hair color, and complexion. The Fertility Institutes proudly claims this is just the tip of the iceberg, and plans to offer almost any conceivable customization as science makes them available. Even as couples from across the globe are flocking in droves to pay the company their life's savings for a custom baby, opponents are vilifying the company for shattering moral and ethical boundaries. Like it or not, the era of designer babies is officially here and there is no going back."

hehe, I watched Gattica in Biology class last year. A weird 90's movie.

Well hip hip hooray, this is so not what I wanted.

Excellent story chruser

But.... I don't wanna be perfect...

Was this not inevitable? With the level of importance we place on beauty today, the most beautiful people being the people who attract the most mates, and as such, spreading the seed of humanity further into the future! And if you could guarantee your kid had a shot at spreading your bloodline into the future, would you not take it? It may seem immoral nowadays, but could very well be commonplace in the future!

I think the world will be "cleansed of corruption" before we get to that level.

I'm gonna make sure my son gets a HUGE PENIS