Liberal eugenics is where it's really at. Yes, the term "superbabies", not unlike Nick Land's "hyper-racism" (cf. https://keithanyan.github.io/TheDarkEnlightenment.epub/TheDa...), is a deliberate provocation...but if we don't change, our potential will die with us.
The term “donor embryo” sounds almost designed to wind up anti-abortion people.
Has the pendulum swung too far in favour of avoiding research for ethical reasons? Probably, yes. Do we want it to swing all the way to the opposite extreme? Hell no.
Liberal eugenics is where it's really at. Yes, the term "superbabies", not unlike Nick Land's "hyper-racism" (cf. https://keithanyan.github.io/TheDarkEnlightenment.epub/TheDa...), is a deliberate provocation...but if we don't change, our potential will die with us.
Embrace human genetic enhancement or have your passive ass handed to you by mutational dysgenics, by entropy! (cf. https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/sex-and-civilizati...) There is no alternative.
The term “donor embryo” sounds almost designed to wind up anti-abortion people.
Has the pendulum swung too far in favour of avoiding research for ethical reasons? Probably, yes. Do we want it to swing all the way to the opposite extreme? Hell no.