Avicenna@programming.dev 4 months ago
In before this turns into “I want my baby to have blue eyes and 150”
It’s an interesting ethical debate.
I have a hereditary condition which passes only by the X chromosome, so should I, as a man, abort a daughter? Because now the risk is too high and I’ve elected to simply not have children. It would be great if I could fix the single swapped base pair that would otherwise cause disfigurement and life-long health problems.
This is why billionaires should be kept away from sciences and tech but unfortunately they are all over it. The fact that these require lot of funding does not help.
They should be kept away from everything by not existing
Yeah I’m always conflicted. Like eugenics is the end goal for these fascists but also… We should try to prevent hereditary defects rtct
The unforeseen effects should be enough to give us pause.
What do you mean with unforeseen effects in this context?
eleitl@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
High IQ would be sure nice, but has a large number of genes involved. Not that you need a high IQ as a farmer in a low technology future.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Since when are IQ scores indicative of intelligence?
eleitl@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
G factor is highly correlated with real-life achievements. I make no other claim.