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Most noteworthy for me is the fact that more Americans think that porn (52%) and homosexuality (39%) are wrong than spanking children (23%) and being ultra wealthy (18%).
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https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2026/03/19/what-do-americans-consider-immoral/
Of course designer babies would take longer since the human genome had not even been decoded yet. But now anyone's DNA can be sequenced cheaply it's only a matter of time. We recently got a company that lets you pick your IVF embryo based on predicted IQ and other genetic indicators.
And how common are such cases? Again, Gattaca came out nearly 30 years ago. I firmly reject the attitude of "it's only a matter of time," as it completely ignores all the works that goes into maintaining professional ethics and practices.