From: ket@hushmail.com
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 01:07:40 MDT
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Question 1:
Suppose you have recently gotten married and are getting ready to
have children. A group approaches you with a confidential offer.
They will perform an in vitro fertilization for you and add the NR2B
gene to the resulting embryo, re-implanting it for a natural childbirth.
The hope is that the resulting baby will be genetically engineered for
higher intelligence. As a known Extropian they hope that you might be
willing to volunteer for this procedure.
Answer: B4
A. Yes, I want to proceed with the experiment.
B. I want to wait for more data.
We can subdivide B into some categories:
B1. I want to wait for more mouse tests to replicate the results.
B2. I want to wait for the results to be replicated in another animal
model like dogs or cats.
B3. I want to wait for the results to be replicated in a primate model
such as chimpanzees.
B4. I want to wait for the results to be replicated in human beings,
then I would be willing to go forward.
C. I would not agree to this procedure even if it had been proven in
humans.
Question 2:
If your answer to question 1 was B or C, then the question is what
limitations, if any, you think should be imposed on other people.
Should they be allowed to take answer A and proceed with the experiment
based solely on the mouse results? Or would they have to wait until it
was proven safe and effective in other animal models, or in human testing
(clinically supervised)? Where do you draw the line for other people?
Answer: no limitations is their business
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