Political rants

I used to say I want there to be licenses to breed and while I do think that would help out humanity tremendously, I cannot ignore the potential for offspring to progress further than their sires. Now I have taken a more moderate approach and think society would be better served for people to have licenses to use the internet. I think before anyone is allowed on the internet they need an extensive course on the internet and the top 50 issues people keep talking about online so before little dweebs get to pounding away their first rage post that they are caught up on all the crap they are about to say that's not going to work because unlike their predecessors that chose to live with their heads in the sand, they were forced to by lack of licensure. They will have no excuse and they will be close enough to the same level as someone who grew up in a time before the internet. Might even be better off for it. TLDR: Minor transition deniers are getting to be more common than holocaust deniers.

Yeah I know people who have kids get particularly spikey when I bring up breeding licenses. It's the only authoritarian thought I kick around because of the net positives.

I'd support genetic engineering. Selective breeding is still too random for my taste. Hard pass on that license to use the Internet. I don't need the government knowing I watch cat videos.

Many self righteous people would've selected genetic engineering, if they could've. Ain't you glad Hitler couldn't do that or many... MANY other people?

My main interest in genetic engineering is help with genetic diseases and hereditary diseases. I don't think making someone superhuman is really possible I'm sure people will try though. I'd rather just see someone not have to worry about terminal cancer being in their genetic line. Edit: Hitler went the robot route anyway https://i.postimg.cc/9fhwhyx4/hitler-wolfenstein-3d-9977.jpg

I'm not talking "The boys", I'm talking picking and choose sexes, looks, resilience...etc I'd rather know i wasn't chosen like a product.

@yaasshat This is actually pretty exemplary of my first post in this thread today, lol. We have had enough time on the internet to spot obvious hurdles in common debates and discussions. It's not the same thing as kicking babies off of cliffs like the Spartans did... and I acknowledged that it's authoritarian. Doubt you would deny it would have positives. Just as ghost said, it would help reduce genetic ailments and predispositions.

I understand that and we're working on those kinds of things. It's the step beyond, the "made to order" babies that I'd have issue with, as would most I suspect. Soooo... You saying my Internet license is revoked? ;P

Great topic. I recommend the movie Gattaca (1997) if you haven't seen it. It did a great depiction of it. You can argue against it all you like, until you actually have a child with down syndrome or some other genetic disease, and are praying to god that your next is normal. A friend of my family has a rare genetic marker that's supposed to have the odds of less than 1% of being passed on to their children. She's had 2, both with the condition. They've were in and out of the hospital for the first 4 years of their lives. Racking up an enormous debt. I guarantee she'd be for genetic engineering if it could save her children from that. I think any child would rather be a designer baby than rolling the genetic dice and coming up an epic fail. It's not like they have any choice in the genetics they receive either way. You don't get to pick for yourself before your birth as it is now.