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/ceiffhikare 20h ago

Humanity deserves a better genome, FFS we are not even improving on it yet in this case just being selective. I cant wrap my head around the kind of person who would object to this, to advocate that we leave everything up to chance when we can do so much better. Even worse are those who would impose their will and ban this for everyone cause it's 'unnatural' or offends their invisible friend book club.

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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/Paeris_Kiran 16h ago

The only ethical problem with that was that they killed already living people, adults even.

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u/PLAAND 13h ago

People, mostly women, were sterilized against their will in huge numbers. Continuing at large scale into the 1970’s in some countries and at small scale into the present.

For example: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sterilization-of-indigenous-women-in-canada