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I get the feeling opposition to IQ enhancements (beyond fixing obvious problems) have been drilled into the public by scifi and frankly history. I don't see it
by protomyth 9y ago
I get the feeling opposition to IQ enhancements (beyond fixing obvious problems) have been drilled into the public by scifi and frankly history. I don't see it turning out real well unless humility and empathy can be genetically engineered.
- Lyle-Cantor 9y agoChina has orthogonal moral hysterias. Again, someone will do it and they will have an enormous advantage, 8 IQ points per generation at worst and 60+ at best. Considering the effect on the tails of the distribution, the vast majority of scientific productivity will be from edited or selected individuals.
- protomyth 9y agoI guess we'll see if all those scifi authors are correct and they tear themselves apart as the "new humans" deal with the "old humans".