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Completely off-topic ethical prompt; Should society fund the harvesting of eggs / sperm from his parents to serve as a genius bank for surrogate parents? Could
by mikeyouse 11y ago
Completely off-topic ethical prompt; Should society fund the harvesting of eggs / sperm from his parents to serve as a genius bank for surrogate parents? Could 1,000 children with equal capabilities dramatically alter the course of humanity?
- copperx 11y agoI would venture to say 'yes', assuming that top-notch resources are given to the children. Also, there seems to be a precedent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository_for_Germinal_Choice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repository_for_Germinal_Choice
- davmre 11y agoIt's not clear the genetic component is what matters here; you could equally well suggest that Tao's parents should adopt and raise lots of other smart kids. Though cloning 1000 Terry Taos would certainly be an interesting investigation into nature/nature. In any case IQ >150 is not that rare; there are hundreds of thousands of such people alive right now even just in the US. Clearly there are other qualifications to be a mathematical genius. It'd be a wonderful thing if we could reproduce those qualities, but I don't think we know enough right now to say that genetic cloning is the appropriate path.