>>43308
The Chinese don't give a shit about your gay enlightenment ethics system. If they are capable of doing it then they will. If are capable then they will demonstrate that it is maladaptive to leave IQ points on the table on planet earth.
The question is really just whether the technology is for real (crispr research assistant i know seemed confident it was real deal, but could have been bragging), and if it real how much of a benefit can be squeezed out of it over what time scale
>>43312
>Human evolution happens on timescales far longer than it will take to achieve full mastery of our own biology, so you'd be causing a lot of suffering for no particular reason.
This is not true at all, misconceptions about the timescale of evolution is a huge driver of shitlibbery.
Casuals assume humans are bound to the same pace of evolution as nature driven animals, they imagine examples such as animals being selected for size due to gradual changes in climate over many generations.
Even the animal kingdom is often acted upon more rapidly than this, but humans are especially prone to rapid evolution because we a large part in shaping our natural selection that other animals do not.
Consider, hypothetically with me, the following. A King declares that any man who sneezes in the public shall be executed in the spot. How will the amount of people who involuntarily sneeze in public change over time? Hitler declares all jews must die, and nobody stops him. What happens to the number of Tay Sachs holders over time?
What happens when an extremely wealthy government pursues a policy of subsidizing low income births over many generations? What happens when you literally give those same people an ever increasing control over social relations both formally and informally?
You get 74% of babies in some states being born on Medicaid, absurd debt, the proliferation of thugs and tribalists, and an increasingly enslaved and abused aristocratic/bourgeoise/working classes
Seriously, fuck parasites. They'll suffer if/when they "win" along with us. There are no winners in this game..
Unless genetic engineering makes useless grubbers not so useless