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I'm actually quite worried about this problem as someone who had an Asperger's diagnosis as a child. I've heard that there are medical procedures to allow one t
by Der_Einzige 5y ago
I'm actually quite worried about this problem as someone who had an Asperger's diagnosis as a child. I've heard that there are medical procedures to allow one to specify which egg they want fertilized and where one can choose an egg which is certain to not have genetic disorders we can test for. Is autism something we can test for in the womb? If so, than this shouldn't be a problem for those with money (and my understanding is that the procedure I am describing costs about 20K).
More broadly, I consider autism to be a strong net negative in my life, and I find folks who really embrace Asperger's as part of their identity to be alien to me. I'd love to eradicate this condition from the earth to spare future humans from the pain that inability to socialize will cause.
I'm sure that some people who like their autism will be upset about "eugenics", but frankly, we don't have to be God damn Nazis to acknowledge that acting eugenicily is good and advocating for disgenic behavior is bad long term.
- emodendroket 5y ago> Is autism something we can test for in the womb? No. > I'm sure that some people who like their autism will be upset about "eugenics", but frankly, we don't have to be God damn Nazis to acknowledge that acting eugenicily is good and advocating for disgenic behavior is bad long term. Well you can pretty much say that Nazism is a natural, logical endpoint of eugenicist beliefs. If others decide not to cooperate in your little project of eliminating "dysgenic" traits then you'll have to compel them with force.