KatjaGrace comments on SRG 4: Biological Cognition, BCIs, Organizations - Less Wrong

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Comment author: KatjaGrace 08 October 2014 11:03:34PM *  2 points [-]

An interesting datapoint, thanks.

One big difference in favor of selection for intelligence relative to testing for Down syndrome is that at the point where people don't get a Down syndrome test, they have a fairly low probability of their child having the disease (something like 1/1000 while they are youngish), whereas selection for intelligence is likely to increase intelligence.