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Lumifer comments on Suppose HBD is True - Less Wrong Discussion

-12 Post author: OrphanWilde 21 April 2016 01:34PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 21 April 2016 03:26:48PM 1 point [-]

To the extent we engage in eugenics to improve our genetic lineage

But we don't and are not very likely to start in the near future.

Comment author: OrphanWilde 21 April 2016 03:51:48PM -1 points [-]

Genetic modification isn't that far away, and in some respects with regard to some conditions genetic culling of reproductive cells is already here. Both are forms of eugenics.

Comment author: Lumifer 21 April 2016 03:59:05PM *  3 points [-]

Direct genetic modification CRISPR-style doesn't require any cross-breeding, you just insert the genes you like and delete the ones you dislike.

In any case, this has little to do with the usefulness of HBD claims.