Name: 【TED】Paul Knoepfler: The ethical dilemma of designer babies (The ethical dilemma of designer babies | Paul Knoepfler)
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and I as a scientist decided to go down that road together?

but many of our family, friends and coworkers

Let's fast-forward just 15 years from now.

You have your daughter, Marianne, next to you,

and in 2030, she is what we call a natural

because she has no genetic modifications.

And because you and your partner consciously made that decision,

many in your social circle, they kind of look down on you.

They think you're, like, a Luddite or a technophobe.

Marianne's best friend Jenna, who lives right next door,

She was born a genetically modified designer baby with numerous upgrades.

using a new genetic modification technology

The scientist that Jenna's parents hired to do this

introduced CRISPR into a whole panel of human embryos.

and they predicted that that little tiny embryo, Jenna's embryo,

And now, Jenna is an actual, real person.

She's sitting on the carpet in your living room

And your families have known each other for years now,

If you're honest with yourself, she's smarter than you,

And in fact, there's a whole new generation

they're healthier than their parents' generation,

They're immune to a host of health conditions,

but you can't help but have this sort of unsettling feeling,

a gut feeling, that there's something just not quite right about Jenna,

and you've had the same feeling about other GM kids that you've met.

You were also reading in the newspaper earlier this week

that a study of these children who were born as designer babies

like increased aggressiveness and narcissism.

is some news that you just got from Jenna's family.

she's now going to be going to a special school,

a different school than your daughter Marianne,

and this is kind of throwing your family into a disarray.

and last night when you took her to bed to kiss her goodnight,

she said, "Daddy, will Jenna even be my friend anymore?"

So now, as I've been telling you this imagined 2030 story,

I have a feeling that I may have put some of you

into this sci-fi frame of reference. Right?

Or maybe, like, in Halloween mode of thinking.

But this is really a possible reality for us,

And we may find ourselves in that reality,

and a lot will depend on what we decide to do today.

And if you're still kind of thinking in sci-fi mode,

consider that the world of science had a huge shock earlier this year,

and the public largely doesn't even know about it.

Researchers in China just a few months ago

reported the creation of genetically modified human embryos.

And they did it using this new CRISPR technology.

but I still think they sort of cracked the door ajar

And I think some people are going to run with this technology

Now, before I go on, some of you may hold up your hands and say,

You can't just go off and create a designer baby."

And in fact, to some extent, you're right.

But in many other countries, including my country, the US,

there's actually no law on this, so in theory, you could do it.

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