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thundara  ·  3330 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Don't edit the human germ line

I still don't think you can say that everyone with every one of those diseases would be better off not being born for them. Some are treatable, some may one day be curable. Cystic fibrosis used to be a death sentence, but recent drugs can completely fix certain mutations.

Still, in the constrained case of uncurable, developmental defects that lead to a short lifetime of pain, followed by death, I would agree. But that's a bit more limited than what you're saying.

Appreciate the discussion.