[dirtboy]

They dream of a day when they "shed their human bodies," and are pure intellect.

I wouldn't be so sure.

We live in an age when thousands of people have themselves injected with botulism toxin to look a bit better. What's gonna happen when you can engineer your kids (or yourself, for that matter), to have a distinct advantage in life that non-engineered people will not have?

[MineralMan]

"What's gonna happen when you can engineer your kids (or yourself, for that matter), to have a distinct advantage in life that non-engineered people will not have?
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I don't know, to tell you the truth. So far, we can't do that, and I'll be dead by the time we can.

For now, folks will have to try to marry those with whom they can make good babies. I'm not sure how well that is working these days.

[Centurion2000]

What's gonna happen when you can engineer your kids (or yourself, for that matter), to have a distinct advantage in life that non-engineered people will not have?

The genies will have an edge over baseline humans. Everyone that can afford it will probably do it.