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People say they would not want to test embryos for traits like low IQ. But if given the information, they act on it (www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk)

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[–] JapaneseJudas@fedinsfw.app -1 points 5 days ago

You know what? Fuck it. It feels like we have all the dystopia of a cyberpunk reality without any of the cool shit. Fuckin' might as well make some super babies. What's the worst that can happen? Inequality unprecedented in all of human history? We already have that. Make some juiced up baby Einstein mofos. Maybe one of them can figure out how to unfuck everything.