What are the ethical implications of genetic engineering, especially when it comes to designer babies and gene editing?

[Being_a_good_Indian]

[NaultD]

One intentional edit isn't isolated to magnitude of unintentionally edits.

It's compatible to Schrödinger's Cat thought experiment.

China does fuck around with living people for the last decade and for every intended edit they get a dozen other edits that is not compatible with life. Dna is a bit like encryption, any brute edit makes the process unreadable.

[Smashingdoozy]

Only thing I can really think of is it becoming eugenics where only rich people can access the most sought after traits. Adding to the cycle of the rich getting richer while the poor get poorer.

Otherwise it's a great thing in terms of being able to avoid any genetic illnesses.

[Curmudgeon]

I know people get scared at the idea of genetic engineering, but frankly, it is immoral to NOT eliminate genetic defects like Down's Syndrome or Cystic Fibrosis if we can:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y8B-wZQqMKg