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CronoDAS comments on "NRx" vs. "Prog" Assumptions: Locating the Sources of Disagreement Between Neoreactionaries and Progressives (Part 1) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CronoDAS 06 September 2014 10:38:34PM 4 points [-]

I think technology and better framing might be more helpful here. People already screen embryos for known genetic diseases. "Eugenics" has become a scare word, but "help you have healthier (better) children" is something people can applaud...

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 07 September 2014 06:26:50PM 1 point [-]

Perhaps. Interestingly you can raise public approval of reproductive cloning from 10% to 32% by using the technical term 'somatic cell nuclease transfer'.