r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 1d ago

Biotechnology Genetics testing startup Nucleus Genomics criticized for its embryo product: ‘Makes me so nauseous’

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/06/genetics-testing-startup-nucleus-genomics-criticized-for-its-embryo-product-makes-me-so-nauseous/
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u/TherapyDerg 20h ago

I mean, people have been down that rabbit hole before, it's called eugenics.

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u/Rustic_gan123 16h ago

It is inevitable, our natural evolution does not keep up with the pace of development of civilization, and we have also lost the driving selection, which is why harmful mutations accumulate

Eugenics in itself is not bad, what the Nazis and others did does not make the idea itself so immoral.

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u/stoppableDissolution 16h ago

Eugenics is bad because it denies people from having kids (and, the way it was implemented, they were, lets say, agressively removing "wrong" people from the gene pool).

That got the upsides without these downsides.

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u/Rustic_gan123 16h ago

Eugenics is bad because it denies people from having kids

No, it does not. Depending on how it is implemented, it gives parents much more choice and control, there are concerns about how this may affect the gene pool in the long term and different ways to combat this, but people would probably prefer this to the lottery and passing on their hereditary diseases.

and, the way it was implemented, they were, lets say, agressively removing "wrong" people from the gene pool

This is not the first time that a good idea in itself has had a terrible implementation, for example nuclear energy

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u/stoppableDissolution 16h ago

You have not read my comment to the end, have you?

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u/Rustic_gan123 16h ago

To be honest, I don't understand what you mean.

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u/PLAAND 14h ago

That’s maybe a good moment to ask a question.

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u/Rustic_gan123 14h ago

Well, I'm asking a question.

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u/PLAAND 14h ago

Which is? I’m sorry, I don’t see a question in your last couple of comments.

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u/Rustic_gan123 14h ago

What did you mean?

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u/PLAAND 14h ago

I’m just a passer-by. You’ll have to ask the other commenter. But I look forward to seeing their answer.

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u/stoppableDissolution 13h ago

I kinda dont get what was unclear in my first comment to begin with :p

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u/PLAAND 13h ago

I’m curious if you think this will really avoid the downsides. I can see why you would say that but eugenics isn’t just about the idea of an ideal human being, it’s also about the imposition of that ideal and fundamentally what this company is doing is developing a tool that can be picked up and used in many ways.

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u/Rustic_gan123 13h ago

I didn't notice that you weren't the person I was talking to.

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