Designer Babies Mind Map
Here is a mind map I created for an essay on designer babies.
Disclaimer: This is my first mind map and I am just learning about this subject.
Mind Map for an Essay on Designer Babies
------Eugenics
---Methods
------Now
---------Embryo Screening
---------Three Parent Babies
---------Genetic Editing
------------CRISPR
------Later
---------Cloning
---------Artificial Womb
---What traits can be screened for, removed, changed, or added, to make a designer baby?
------Now
---------Gender
---------Appearance
------------Eye color
------------Hair color
------------Some hereditary diseases
------Next
---------------Freckles
---------------Cleft chin
---------------Cheek dimples
---------------Earlobes attached
---------------Hitchhiker's thumb
---------------Widow's peak
---------------Curly hair
---------------Left handedness
------Later
---------------Intelligence
---------------Height
---------------Personality
---------------Red/Green Colorblindness
---------------Bitter taste
---------------Allergies
---Pros
------Cure genetic diseases
------Parents get what they desire in a child
------Keep pace with others doing it
------Better chance the child will succeed in life
------Better understanding of genetics
------Increased life span and quality
------Give a child genes that the parents do not carry
------Prevent next generation from getting characteristics/diseases
------Adapt humans for extreme conditions like space or underwater
------Better and less expensive healthcare because many diseases are cured
---Cons
------Unnatural process
------Unknown side effects on child
------Unknown effect on ecosystem
------Unknown effect on future generations
------Not every country will adhere to ethical rules
------Termination of embryos
------Could create a gap in society
------Possibility of damage to the gene pool
------Baby and future generations have no choice in the matter
------Genes often have more than one use
------Geneticists could make mistakes
------Competition race increases chance for errors
------Loss of individuality/diversity
------Other children in family could be affected by parent's decision
------Only the rich can afford it
------Dehumanization
------Social discrimination
------Sports only for enhanced humans
------Make human race two species
------Irreversible damage to the germline
------Overpopulation
------Race of superhumans
------Less children adopted
------Inequality
------Dystopian society
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