Consequences of Genetically Engineering Human Embryos
by Sunny Murthy
1. Split human race into two "species"
2. Social
2.1. Less Ambitious
2.2. Impact relationships
2.3. interactions
2.3.1. Anti-GM movement
2.3.2. Round up either all the non engineered humans or all the engineered humans
2.4. Affect idea of "What Is Beautiful?"
3. Unknown Consequences
3.1. More Intelligent People
3.1.1. More solutions to human problems
3.1.2. Potentially more evil/disastrous plans
3.1.2.1. The Great Filter Theory
4. Exploration
4.1. Modify humans to survive in space
4.2. Modify humans to survive deep underwater
4.3. Able to explore the human body in research
4.4. Explore caves
5. Financial
5.1. Depending on price, many could not afford this
5.1.1. Social DIscrimination
5.1.1.1. Rich vs. Poor
5.1.1.1.1. Civil War
5.1.1.2. Distrust/Anger
5.2. Lose Jobs
6. Dehumanization
7. Where do we all live?
8. Military applications
8.1. Super Soldiers
8.2. One country takes over the world
9. Entertainment
9.1. 8 feet basketball players
9.2. More gory sports
9.3. Super athletes
9.3.1. Olympics for normal people and olympics for advanced people.
10. Legal Implications
10.1. New Doctorines
10.1.1. Divide Nations from whom support GM humans and those that don't
10.2. Gov control's everything?
11. Medical
11.1. "Designer Babies"
11.1.1. Corporate manipulations of gestation
11.1.1.1. Rushed R&D
11.1.2. Less Diversity
11.1.2.1. More easy for pandemics
11.1.3. Defective Upgrades
11.2. Curing Genetic Disease
11.2.1. Increased human health
11.2.1.1. Higher life expectancy and quality
11.2.1.1.1. Overpopulation