Uhoh, now companies named Nucleus Embryo, Herasight, Genomic Prediction, and Orchid let you select your embryos for #IVF by IQ, eye color, and schizophrenia risk. “How much would you pay to give your children an extra 1-4 years of healthy life?
This is no longer a hypothetical question.” But what about antagonistic #pleiotropy? Also there’s a nice colored correlation matrix showing genetic-risk relationships between different #mental-health problems. #eugenics
on 02025-08-02Thousands of people were involuntarily sterilized in North Carolina, #USA, until the #eugenics program ended in 1976; now those whose surgeries were approved by the State Eugenics Board are entitled to US$20K compensation, but most weren’t so approved. #history
on 02016-10-11Hixie decides #eugenics is a bad idea.
on 02015-08-05