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16 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 October 2012 12:41AM

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Comment author: gwern 30 October 2012 03:18:06PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, targeting younger scientists is, IIRC, what the sperm bank basically ended up doing.

And perhaps also encourage these people to mate with each other (if they aren't doing so already).

Such people wouldn't bother - babies would be a major burden, and can wait.