"One implication is that 25, 50, 250 years from now, we become a kind of clinical-trial society in which empirically driven decisions are constantly popping up. But by clinical-trial society, I mean all sorts of questions, because the information net becomes so rich — and the capacity to understand or deconvolute that information, because of … Continue reading Clinical Trial Society
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Eugenics 2.0: We’re at the Dawn of Choosing Embryos by Health, Height, and More
"'I fully predict it will be possible,' says Hsu of selecting embryos with higher IQ scores. 'But we’ve said that we as a company are not going to do it. It’s a difficult issue, like nuclear weapons or gene editing. There will be some future debate over whether this should be legal, or made illegal. … Continue reading Eugenics 2.0: We’re at the Dawn of Choosing Embryos by Health, Height, and More
