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> if we decide to have additional children and the data showed we could select for traits that were important to us (intelligence, height, athletically predispo
by DuskStar 6y ago
> if we decide to have additional children and the data showed we could select for traits that were important to us (intelligence, height, athletically predisposed), I would absolutely opt for it. You want the best for your children (in my experience), and this is yet another selector in life to give them every advantage.
Gwern has a nice article on embryo selection: [0] I think the summary is "it has moderate-to-large effects, and might be worth the money today, and almost certainly will be worth the money in ten years".
0: https://www.gwern.net/Embryo-selection https://www.gwern.net/Embryo-selection
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- threatofrain 6y agoThis was along the lines of thought for which Dr Hsu was accused of being okay with removing disabled people from human expression through a eugenics program.
- toomuchtodo 6y agoWhy is it wrong to want to remove disabilities from the genetic corpus of the human species? This is no different then wanting to cure any debilitating genetic condition [1] using gene therapy. You treat existing humans with the utmost of respect, but you also target maladies so future humans have better quality of life (including a lack of disabilities). [1] https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/browse-by-first-letter https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/browse-by-first-l...