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Comment author: shminux 17 September 2013 04:42:29PM -1 points [-]

Carl Shulman and Nick Bostrom have a paper coming out arguing that embryo selection can eventually (or maybe even quickly) lead to IQ gains of 100 points or more.

I wonder how they propose to avoid the standard single-trait selective breeding issues, like accumulation of undesirable traits. For example, those geniuses might end up being sickly and psychotic.

Comment author: arundelo 17 September 2013 05:01:03PM 0 points [-]

It seems to me that this would not be a problem with iterated embryo selection, but I might be wrong.

See also Yvain's "modal human" post.

Comment author: [deleted] 17 September 2013 04:46:17PM 0 points [-]

Would it matter? C.f. goldmage.