Scintillating yet peculiar fact, "there's a possibility of having customised babies in future".
Lot of questions popping out? Or are you just thinking that I am gone nuts and writing anything out of desperation? I am fine, both mentally and physically. So, 'customized babies', is exactly what you are thinking, we will be able to customize or choose what traits our babies will inherit. In other words, you can make your baby blonde right from the start if that's what you like! Isn't this amazing?
EUGENICS, the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding. Developed largely by Francis Galton. All this seems spectacular and the pillar of imagination seems to have grown bigger. The
question, rather a thought which is bothering me at this moment is, 'Are we going the right way?'. Exploiting and changing the ethereal nature, this incredible human machine is set to challenge the divine constitution once
again. Changing the way we develop at a very initial stage might not be a very good option though it may seem a new spectacular discovery. This will ensue a "make a perfect child" disease between us, for obvious reasons. Everyone wants a perfect child! The essence of a parent-child relationship will no longer be important, 'coz parents would already know how their 'self made' child is. There is a strong disapproval inside and the word 'fake' comes to my mind. Can you imagine 500 Brad Pitts' around? And what answer will parents have if their child questions' about his hair being black, not blonde as he/she grows up?
Obviously it's not a bad discovery, it is debatable. If both the parents agree individually and mutually, and as long as it does not have any eminent consequence or disadvantage, it sounds fine! Who does not want their babies to be of there own kind? It perfectly makes sense, but what I feel is that the love and care factor from the parents point of view will be affected. I read an interesting line recently, "Nature is full of diversity, the way it should be, keeping things hidden, unknown and interesting", we are clearly challenging the nature irrevocably.
Being a nature lover, I am strongly against it. Science and Technology is a boon given to us by nature itself, and challenging nature is not the right way! It's all a part of evolution. I see more cones than pros!
Children grow up to be adults. They have their own personality and traits which are random and are decided by nature. It's rightly said, "Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher". It's time to remind our science men, giving birth(reproduction) is the most complex bliss we are endowed with, we must not let science take over. We may destroy 'faith' somewhere.
For more information and debatable issues, follow the link: Customized Babies?..eh?
Lot of questions popping out? Or are you just thinking that I am gone nuts and writing anything out of desperation? I am fine, both mentally and physically. So, 'customized babies', is exactly what you are thinking, we will be able to customize or choose what traits our babies will inherit. In other words, you can make your baby blonde right from the start if that's what you like! Isn't this amazing?
EUGENICS, the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by selective breeding. Developed largely by Francis Galton. All this seems spectacular and the pillar of imagination seems to have grown bigger. The
question, rather a thought which is bothering me at this moment is, 'Are we going the right way?'. Exploiting and changing the ethereal nature, this incredible human machine is set to challenge the divine constitution once
again. Changing the way we develop at a very initial stage might not be a very good option though it may seem a new spectacular discovery. This will ensue a "make a perfect child" disease between us, for obvious reasons. Everyone wants a perfect child! The essence of a parent-child relationship will no longer be important, 'coz parents would already know how their 'self made' child is. There is a strong disapproval inside and the word 'fake' comes to my mind. Can you imagine 500 Brad Pitts' around? And what answer will parents have if their child questions' about his hair being black, not blonde as he/she grows up?
Obviously it's not a bad discovery, it is debatable. If both the parents agree individually and mutually, and as long as it does not have any eminent consequence or disadvantage, it sounds fine! Who does not want their babies to be of there own kind? It perfectly makes sense, but what I feel is that the love and care factor from the parents point of view will be affected. I read an interesting line recently, "Nature is full of diversity, the way it should be, keeping things hidden, unknown and interesting", we are clearly challenging the nature irrevocably.
Being a nature lover, I am strongly against it. Science and Technology is a boon given to us by nature itself, and challenging nature is not the right way! It's all a part of evolution. I see more cones than pros!
Children grow up to be adults. They have their own personality and traits which are random and are decided by nature. It's rightly said, "Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher". It's time to remind our science men, giving birth(reproduction) is the most complex bliss we are endowed with, we must not let science take over. We may destroy 'faith' somewhere.
For more information and debatable issues, follow the link: Customized Babies?..eh?












