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Giving ammo to racists that already take delight in associating intelligence with race… prompting individual or institutional abortion of fetuses that don't app

• Ancalagon 9y ago
  Thank you. I don't understand the optimistic smell coming from HN regarding this story.
  • swebs 9y ago
    Denying science because it doesn't fit your preconceived notions? How is that any different than anti-vaxers or global warming deniers? I'm afraid that soon we'll have anti-genomers.
    • TheOtherHobbes 9y ago
      Because anti-vaxing is bullshit, but the science of heritability is vastly more subtle and complex. As is the psychology of intelligence. And the relationship between g and being a good developer. All of this is called doing science - because it's currently a work in progress - not denying it.
    • mattnewton 9y ago
      The definition of intelligence and how it should be interpreted is what’s being debated. There is a rich history of people making pseudo-scientific claims based on hereditary intelligence. It’s not clear how close this is from anti-vaxing and how close it is to anti-phrenology to me right now.