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US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by sue_me_please@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 17 points 8 months ago (5 children)

IQ is so incredibly complicated, and we really don't know how it works, and what genes allow for the possibility of high IQ. So what are they even screening for? If they're just looking at broad trends in population IQ compared to genetics, then what they're actually seeing are environmental factors, which play an immense role in whether or not potential is ever reached.

[–] roaminchemicals@mastodon.social 11 points 8 months ago

@HelixDab2 @sue_me_please I'd go a step further and say it doesn't work. It's an inherently flawed concept that you can reduce human thought, skill, ability, and behaviour to a number and then rank people by it. The legacy of general intelligence itself is that of people assuming it exists and seeking to justify their assumptions.

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