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The outcome is not the same! If it is unintended, then when we notice it happening we will change course. We will see that the specific gene edits had negative
by sothatsit 11mo ago
The outcome is not the same!
If it is unintended, then when we notice it happening we will change course. We will see that the specific gene edits had negative effects, and we will avoid those gene edits in the future. The effect size will probably also be a lot lower than if you were specifically aiming to make people as agreeable and authority-following as possible.
Additionally, the people with the gene edits would only make up only a small percentage of all the people in a society. They will get some form of herd immunity when combined with people born naturally, older generations, and people without the gene edit.
This is a dramatically different situation to someone intentionally trying to engineer a servant class.
- bondarchuk 11mo agoI think you're dangerously naive, anyway I don't think I can convince you (or you me ;), let's agree to disagree. Thanks for your thoughts either way.