Human genetic enhancement.

[Odin]

I want a higher metabolism so I can loose wieght.

[BeBMan]

I don´t need any enhancements

[:) Smiley]

Let's make dancing bananas!

[Combat Ingrid]

My future, genetically enhanced kids (the left is my daughter, the right is my son):

[Dinner]

I'd eliminate pattern baldness, myopia, diabeties, heart disease, cancer, and a host of other things. I don't know if it would be good to let parents choice the sex, hair or eye color, skin tones, or other no medical things though.

[CerberusIV]

No, I don't think everyone wants to be me.

[Az]

Originally posted by Neutrino
Given those benefits, yes. But when working at the genetic level, side effects are numerous and hard to predict.

"I don't think we'll ever be able to fly"

The techniques are getting better and better, at an ever-increasing rate. I think this will be reality in around 30 years.

[Sandman]

ONLY if it's available to every prospective parent, free of charge. Preferably on a global scale, but I'm willing to bend to put it at a national level. There should be no private means whatsoever. Otherwise we would run the risk of creating a genetic underclass, a possibility that is too dreadful to contemplate.

ONLY if it's sole focus is removing well-understood genetic defects, at the parent's consent, obviously. As I understand it, there should be no problem making sure my kids don't have my terrible vision.

It would eventually become illegal to deliberately have a genetically sick child, but not at first, and society would probably be reasonably accepting of such measures.

It should not be used on pointless measures, such as digesting cellulose. How many failures (read: deformed and mentally ill children) are acceptable? Why should we even consider something which could be abused in many monstrous ways (mindless 'workers', mutated sex slaves, pointless genetic fads and fashions). What sense is there in creating a whole bundle of potential competitors to the human race?

[Dinner]

I see this as the beginning of the designer children fad. It will most likely become another way which the wealthy can show how much better they are then the poor only they really will be genetically better.

[Sandman]

I should add that I do support infant sex selection, if only to boost Europe's poor birth rate.

[Japher]

Well, if your allowed to opt to defect your kid genetically (smoking, drinking, and drugs during pregnancy) than why not something to make them better (i.e. folic acid). Since, really, during development diet and vitamins genetically effect the unborn child...

[Maniac]

I should add that I do support infant sex selection, if only to boost Europe's poor birth rate.

Is there a shortage of boys or girls then?

[Boris Godunov]

Brilliant. I can breed me a massive, 6'5" behemoth, who can drink beer from a pitcher as if it were a stein, to do all my evil bidding!

[Whaleboy]

I'd eliminate A and B cups!

[C0ckney]

to try and elimiate certain serious genetic disorders then a guarded yes. for things like intelligence, looks or even eliminating things like baldness and obessity, a definate no, it's just too much like playing god.

sandman, just out of interest, how would infant sex selection improve europe's birthrate, i was always our problem is people not having enough kids, not too many boys/girls?