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> All the same, Asbury avers that genetic assessment will only ever be an accessory to, and not a replacement for, existing methods of teaching and evaluation.
by iovrthoughtthis 8y ago
> All the same, Asbury avers that genetic assessment will only ever be an accessory to, and not a replacement for, existing methods of teaching and evaluation.
Now it is easy to measure GPS and given that it will get easier in the future we'll probably see less standardized testing. I wonder if in optimizing for GPS we might fall afoul of Goodhart's Law.
Someone things worries me is, if we tell children that 50% of the probability of their educational success is "determined" by their genes they will behave differently.
Students who believe their intelligence could be developed (growth mindset) out performed students who believe their intelligence is fixed (fixed mindset). Will focus on heritable intelligence shift more people towards the fixed mind set?
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/09/23/carol-dweck-revisits-the-growth-mindset.html https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/09/23/carol-dweck-re...
- John_KZ 8y agoI disagree. I fully support using GPS to sterilize inferior people. Here's the full process: -Sequence the genome of everyone -Identify eugenics supporters -Select a set of GPS parameters such as the eugenics supporters score below the threshold -Eugenics supporters are now sterilized -Problem solved (after all it's just PC and a liberal deception to say eugenics support doesn't have a genetic origin, man isn't tabula rasa after all, eh?)
- prepend 8y agoWould this make you and all participants in your plan supporters of Eugenics, thus sterilized? So the plan would die out after a year or two.
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- dexen 8y agoI don't support eugenics. The sarcastic idea presented in GP gave me a good chuckle nonetheless. In similar vein: plan on having the morally handicapped as the admins of the project... that'll not only make it viable, but also will take them out of other projects that need moral leaders.
- khhh35575544 8y agoWe all practice eugenics when it comes to choosing a mate, yet recoil in horror at the prospect of applying it to society. Isn't this a remarkable inconsistency? What makes it immoral in the latter case, yet positively encouraged in the former case?