The Eugenics Wars happened with a bunch of genetically modified super soldiers that were created through selective breeding. The term ‘Eugenics’ often just gets used as short hand within the Trek universe for all types of Genetic Modification in general as genetic modification is illegal in the Federation.
There is a minor arc with Bashir in the later half of DS9 where it comes out that he’s been genetically altered as a child to become smarter. It gets a lot into the ethics of changing someone who couldn’t consent to being altered and also deals with others who didn’t have as successful of a modification.
Curing a disability at birth is not eugenics. Wtf?
The Eugenics Wars happened with a bunch of genetically modified super soldiers that were created through selective breeding. The term ‘Eugenics’ often just gets used as short hand within the Trek universe for all types of Genetic Modification in general as genetic modification is illegal in the Federation.
Aye, I was just having this discussion the other day. Star Trek is humanist, not transhumanist.
There is a minor arc with Bashir in the later half of DS9 where it comes out that he’s been genetically altered as a child to become smarter. It gets a lot into the ethics of changing someone who couldn’t consent to being altered and also deals with others who didn’t have as successful of a modification.
Wouldn’t it technically be if they are genetic disorders? To fix it you’d have to be doing some degree of intentional directing of human genes.
I suppose. I honestly wasn’t even thinking of gene therapy. Not all cures for disabilities would necessarily require gene therapy.