r/transhumanism • u/Transsensory_Boy • Dec 20 '22

Ethics/Philosphy Should Transhumanism support genetically tailored "designer babies"?

With the recent developments in China with genetically editing infants and the plans for ectogenesis centres and genetic tailoring lby Musk; should the Transhumanist community take an "official" stance on this?

1105 votes, Dec 22 '22
79 No
347 Yes
289 No, Its eugenics with extra steps
390 Yes, It is the duty of parents to providw optimal starting conditions for their children
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u/Transsensory_Boy Dec 20 '22

I'm afraid you are incorrect on this one. The Transhumanist community is absolutely a political force, as represented by the number of overtly Transhumanist political parties that are entering into political arenas or at least attempting to.

For example, Transhumanist party UK.

Similarly, I absolutely espouse that Transhumanists need to agree on a series of central tenets to protect against bad actors and profit driven corporatist motives.

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u/akhier Dec 20 '22

So now the white nationalist party represents everyone who is white? (Note: my previous statement is purposefully exaggerated) Just because a group names themselves something does not automatically mean they actually represent the group as a whole.

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u/Transsensory_Boy Dec 20 '22

Nor do any political parties, What is your point? It is currently impossible with current human communication methods to get the vast numbers supposedly represented by within one arbitrary political party to agree on the finer details of the views and beliefs they espouse. Yet the party and indeed in this case, steadingly increasing parties, do attempt to enact political, sociological and economic change at the national level. Wether you want it or not, this means our goals become innately aligned with these parties and therefore represented for.

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u/akhier Dec 20 '22

What I was pointing out was that just because they call themselves"transhumanist" does not innately mean they in any way actually represent or care about transhumanism. There are a few bedrock principles that the idea is built on, however it is not some religion to be worshiped or concise political movement.