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This is zero-sum thinking. The un-genetically modified kids are no worse off than they would have otherwise been.

Second we could easily solve it by making it available to everyone.

Third, the world is hardly genetically fair as it is. People are born with all sorts of horrible genetic conditions every day. If anything this will make the world more fair.

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Just because you perceive something makes the world "more fair" doesn't mean it should EVER be implemented exclusively on that basis.

And it's not. There are massive benefits to genetic engineering. That it makes the world more fair is just a counter argument. The parent comment argued that it makes the world more unfair.

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