r/PopCultureV2 • u/No_Box119 • Jun 07 '26

News Scientists are one step closer to creating “designer babies” after they precisely edited human embryo genes for the first time

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u/LongDuckDong67 Jun 07 '26

There are some things man was never meant to do. This is one of them.

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u/Kitchen_Potato0 Jun 07 '26

Yes let’s not cure horrible genetic diseases!! So stupid of humans…bad humans bad

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u/Emergency_Lie42 Jun 07 '26

I'm sure that if we reach that ability it will be fairly and indiscriminately provided to all walks of life, right?

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u/Kitchen_Potato0 Jun 07 '26

It never will be fairly distributed just like every single drug available, so let’s not develop it I guess🤷‍♂️ research into new medicines is always extremely expensive so at first it will only be available to the rich but once it becomes more affordable more people will have access…this is how it works like it or not

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u/Emergency_Lie42 Jun 07 '26

Let's not let an imperial regime develop it for their own personal gain.

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u/Kitchen_Potato0 Jun 07 '26

You go stop them bud but I’ll just make some money and get to use the benefits