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It is unlikely for us to worry about genetic enhancement is inevitable because there is skepticism arises from three sources: futurology and its limits, the science of behavioral genetics, and human nature itself.
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Kevin Hoi Fung, Tse Philosophy 25 6/11/03 It is unlikely for us to worry about genetic enhancement is inevitable because there is skepticism arises from three sources: futurology and its limits, the science of behavioral genetics, and human nature itself. Most people agree that genetic enhancement is inevitable. However, the technological predictions have always been wrong. We know this is true that, for instance, the experts have predicted that by the turn of the century we would live in domed cities, commute by jet-pack, and clean our home with nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners wielded by robot maids. After that, we were promised the paperless office, interactive television, and the Internet refrigerator. Not only the fact that these developments have not yet happened, but most of them will never happen. From these invisible predictions, we could hardly believe if the prediction about the "designers babies" is...
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