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This is interesting news, for the lack of a better word. I've met more than one person with downs syndrome. They have definitely enriched my life and shown me a different way of looking at the world.
What's better for them should be the overriding concern and that's to have a normal development.
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What is “normal development”? And doesn’t that describe the process, not the outcome? If the outcome is happiness, who knows who has it better?!
Such that doesn't see you infertile and dead by 30.
This will never go to human trial.
There are companies right now making bank on embryo selection based on genetics, the next step is modifying genes instead of rolling a crap shoot and hoping to get what they want.
Funnily enough, such companies are funded by and led by some HN subcultures' favorite people, I would know because I was recruited by one of them who went out of their way to not mention that their marketing material to parents says they intend to let parents pick embryos based on perceived intelligence based on genetics.
Tldr: there are monied parties that want this and they literally cite Gattaca as their inspiration
This is interesting news, for the lack of a better word. I've met more than one person with downs syndrome. They have definitely enriched my life and shown me a different way of looking at the world.
I admit I was absolutely relieved when pre-natal screening was negative for it, both times.
But if that was the hand we were dealt, then I’d take it. But that doesn’t mean I want it.
This will never go to human trial.
Willing to bet money that it will, there's a ton of investment right now in what I'd call blatant eugenics. There are companies right now making bank on embryo selection based on genetics, the next step is modifying genes instead of rolling a crap shoot and hoping to get what they want. Funnily enough, such companies are funded by and led by some HN subcultures' favorite people, I would know because I was recruited b…
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What's better for them should be the overriding concern and that's to have a normal development.
As soon as someone starts ascribing towards a "normal" and using the pronoun "them", warning bells should go berserk.
This is interesting news, for the lack of a better word. I've met more than one person with downs syndrome. They have definitely enriched my life and shown me a different way of looking at the world.
Interesting, I wonder what else this might lead too! Encouraging we might be getting somewhere. I used to live near a Down syndrome center where a bunch of folks lived and I remember this one lady who was kitted out with Britney Spears everything, lunchbox, t-shirt, hat, and headphones. Everyday I passed by the bus stop she would be dancing her heart out to a Britney track waiting for the bus and it made my world a l…
As someone who absolutely loves to "be weird", I often wish the world was so much friendlier to folks like this (other than in a token manner).
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What's better for them should be the overriding concern and that's to have a normal development.
I don't know if it's the case for folks with Down Syndrome (I suppose it's likely not), but hearing-impaired folks have their own culture to the point that in the past it was seen as some as a betrayal to the community to seek out cochlear implants. I think having their own language does a lot to create unity among them. All that above is to say that I wonder if some folks in Down Syndrome might actually prefer their…