How far can science and technology go before you think it's wrong?

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At the moment we can do a lot of stuff, some of it only the very religious or ignorant think is bad, nuclear power, genetic engineering etc but how far can a technology like augmentation and genetic engineering go before you say it's wrong?

Id imagine most on here being into tech would be up for some augmentation, new and improved senses, augmented/virtual reality in everyday life but genetic engineering for improved intelligence or to make us stronger and faster, still sounds reasonable?

What about when people want to change what it means to be human, perhaps adding extra body parts or changing their look completely, is that ok or is it going too far?

We may get to the point where anyone can buy a genetic modifier and turn themselves into allsorts, if everyone can be attractive or a freak of nature, what would happen to society as we know it, id imagine it would turn perverted and weird in some areas, a lot like you might see in a online virtual world?

There's far sicker possibility's like someone cloning an obedient human or mutant and messed up experiments etc.
 
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Futurama style sex robots?

Sure except it's probably easier to clone a living human or create one in the computer to have any features you want, give it an artificial brain if need be, though id imagine the tech would devalue life quite a bit if it was that easy.
 
Not upgradable.

Im saying if we have a device that can rewrite our genetics and transform us into nearly anything, that means clones would be as upgradable and arguably easier and cheaper than a robot.

Morality is all a mater of perspective

Surely there's a logical form of morality which would conclude do no harm?

That's why the OP is asking where people would draw the line

Yeah where do people draw the line?

It looks like some are up for clones to do with as they please, seems the line of morality is stretched pretty far here?
 
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