posted on Jan, 18 2005 @ 03:29 AM
I think that in the future, many people will decide to have their sperm and eggs merge in a laboratory tube before implanting it in the female womb.
this is already done by some people who carry a fifty-fifty change to pass their genetic disease to their offspring (they scan multiple fertilized
eggs, those without the malfunction, the others are dumped, but at such an early stage that one can hardly speak of abortion)
The difference will be that you will go to designer shops in the future where you can buy some nice genetic tweaks....Naturally this brings some ethic
discussion, but ultimately I think its best if the free market decides if you want to have a baby the old fashion way, or buy your superintelligent or
hyperathletic boy or girl in the store....
Also , while currently you have carriagemothers to bare the fetus for females who can't bare the ffetus themselves (due to damaged womb or something)
, I expect in the future that it will become popular for healthy rich careerwimen to use cariagemothers just because they don't want to have
stretchmarks in their skin or a break in their career.
Some genetic tweaks I would buy in the Gene Shop:
- the abillity to use phototsynthesis for energy in humans (well i guess that gives us offspring in stylish Shrek-green due to the chlorophyl content
in the skin)
- teeth that keep regenerating, just like sharks
- that glow in the dark gene (like those translucent fish), so you look really cool in under blacklight / the discotheque
[edit on 18-1-2005 by Countermeasures]
[edit on 18-1-2005 by Countermeasures]