Why genetic enhancement for IQ is one of the most important areas of research
I wrote a guide about how to have polygenically screened children that might be of interest to you:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yT22RcWrxZcXyGjsA/how-to-have-polygenically-screened-children
Great work
All these words about enhancing intelligence, yet you don’t question a basic assumption: does having smarter people actually make for a better world?
This is the classic smart person mistake. In reality, a world run entirely by gardeners would probably be a more peaceful and beautiful one.
Higher national average IQ is associated with human development and greater national income. The relationship is likely largely causal. https://www.parrhesia.co/p/the-effective-altruist-case-for-using
But does having smarter people actually lead to a more meaningful, more beautiful, or more [insert deeper significant value here] world?
If “smart people make more money and have more economic development” is all you’ve got, I’m afraid you’ve pretty much just make my point for me.
https://www.polygenicembryo.org
Thank you!
I wrote a guide about how to have polygenically screened children that might be of interest to you:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yT22RcWrxZcXyGjsA/how-to-have-polygenically-screened-children
Great work
All these words about enhancing intelligence, yet you don’t question a basic assumption: does having smarter people actually make for a better world?
This is the classic smart person mistake. In reality, a world run entirely by gardeners would probably be a more peaceful and beautiful one.
Higher national average IQ is associated with human development and greater national income. The relationship is likely largely causal. https://www.parrhesia.co/p/the-effective-altruist-case-for-using
But does having smarter people actually lead to a more meaningful, more beautiful, or more [insert deeper significant value here] world?
If “smart people make more money and have more economic development” is all you’ve got, I’m afraid you’ve pretty much just make my point for me.
https://www.polygenicembryo.org
Thank you!