Designer Babies
Can we custom-make the perfect baby?
4.6 (41)
28 mins
Explore the promise and risks of designer babies through modern technology. Discover the ongoing debate about morality and limits of gene editing. Learn about how future advances might reshape what it means to be human.
Ep 1:
The Science of Choosing Life
From lab-grown embryos to a movie that fooled 50,000 callers, explore how PGD lets parents screen embryos—and why dwarfism sparks a fierce debate over disease versus diversity.
Ep 2:
Three Parents, Endless Possibilities
Three-parent babies are real, and CRISPR could take genetic editing even further—raising fears of engineered elites, consent-less alterations, and a divided humanity split by DNA.
Discussions (15)
Hayes
Level 8 · 9 mo agoDesigning a kid like a cigar blend? I’m in lol. Nature is a messy developer so use the cheat codes. Delete anxiety and max the stats, we’re basically little Gods now 😂
Finn
Level 3 · 8 mo agoCan't edit for common sense.
Brock
Level 2 · 8 mo agoPeople always jump straight to Gattaca but really it's just parents wanting healthy kids without horrific diseases. It's about stopping misery not designer babies so I don't buy the slippery slope argument it's just scaremongering.
