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>the assertion that one's genetics is an unfair advantage strikes me as absurd. Are you saying you don't see the advantage inherent to having a much higher IQ?

• austerity 11y ago
  No. I am saying I don't see what it means for this advantage to be fair or unfair.
  • puredemo 11y ago
    What is fair or unfair is entirely subjective. Personally, it would seem a bit unfair to me if I was born with a 95 IQ, in the cosmic sense at least.
    • TeMPOraL 11y ago
      Anything above or below IQ = 100 is unfair by the very definition of IQ. But I understand the sentiment, I'd also feel cheated by the universe if I were born with below-average IQ. The debate over fairness/unfairness seems to me like another example of the typical trap humans fall into - instead of bickering over who gets more of the pie, we should be focusing on increasing the size of that pie. If all the effort put in the discussions about meritocracy would be put towards intelligence augmentation, we'd have a world better for everyone, regardless of what gene he or she got.
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