[thefounder]

Just because you have a bad gene doesn't make you a bad/inferior person so yeah when humans take control over their source code they may put some genes on sleep.

You also forget that there are always trade offs. You can't be "perfect" because there is no such thing.

Back to real world, we all pay taxes and live in this world so I believe we should demand and receive equal opportunities.

[imglorp]

> a bad gene doesn't make you a bad/inferior person

In fact, we don't always understand the interplay between, say Asbergers and savant skills, or schizophrenia and intense creativity. We might need to live with some of these to retain the whole spectrum of humanity.

My personal feeling, no facts here, is we should look at low hanging fruit that we all agree is isolated and can bring no benefits, such as Tay Sachs or Huntingtons. Those will not be missed and we well gain experience with the harder problem of evaluating the harder choices.

[pojzon]

> receive equal opportunities

I think the article explains pretty well why that is not possible.

And goverment cannot do anything to change that - ppl are just too different. Its like teaching someone how to play violin - if you dont have the talent you will have to learn 10 times as long for 20% efficiency.

Sooner or later most countries will have to tackle this issue and im sure more successful ppl (with better genes) wont be willing to wait for others just to simulate "equal opportunity".