re: #4 researchok

Well, the “slippery slope” is a well known logical fallacy.

There are many moral issues one can raise, about how our modern society is not translating universally, with privileged minorities receiving most of the benefits.

However, engineering the human genome to exclude variations known to cause limited life-spans or decreased capabilities, as well as inserting capabilities we have lost (such as the ability to produce vitamin C), are, I contend, so beneficial that to deny them on hypothetical grounds is letting fear rule over reason.