If it were my kid...

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TB — 2/1/2009 5:07:07 PM (archived)

I would think it was cool as heck!

I'd worry about how others would treat him, but with perfectly-formed polydactylism, it's amazing how few people actually notice.

It's interesting that a lot of science fiction assumed the evolution of more fingers as an advanced trait.

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Creating the perfect child - Jody - 1/30/2009 4:26:53 AM
- My parents did just that. - Bowser - 2/12/2009 7:30:27 PM
- re: Creating the perfect child - negro - 2/12/2009 6:12:02 PM
- A true polydactyl has been born! - Lee - 1/31/2009 9:49:48 PM
  - Cosmetic freak. Fix him. - Mary Anne - 2/1/2009 3:41:08 PM
    - A beginning of my prediction. - Lee - 2/1/2009 4:40:05 PM
      - I suppose that experimentation is going to happen - FrankC - 2/12/2009 6:21:14 PM
      - Then why not let it just happen? - Mary Anne - 2/1/2009 4:45:57 PM
        
        If it were my kid... - TB - 2/1/2009 5:07:07 PM
        
        Oh, heck, yeah! - Mary Anne - 2/1/2009 5:32:40 PM
        
        But they did select for it. - Lee - 2/1/2009 5:06:34 PM
        
        We've been over this. - TB - 2/1/2009 5:14:24 PM
        
        I agree with Lee - mip - 2/1/2009 6:20:18 PM
        
        You assume we have the intelligence to anticipate everything. - Mary Anne - 2/1/2009 6:31:43 PM
        
        I don't buy the argument. - Lee - 2/1/2009 5:51:11 PM
        
        Genetic information is not lines of code. It's a mandala. - TB - 2/1/2009 6:51:22 PM
        
        Precisely. - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/1/2009 10:11:53 PM
        
        I agree . - Jody - 2/2/2009 3:23:05 PM
        
        No we won't - Nig - 2/12/2009 6:27:27 PM
- As opposed to what? Creating defective babies? - Lee - 1/31/2009 1:06:54 AM
- The last several observations in the article are the most important. - Mary Anne - 1/30/2009 6:32:20 PM

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