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- David Gerard ( @dgerard@awful.systems ) English4•11 hours ago
training your sperm to pass raven’s progressive matrices
- bitofhope ( @bitofhope@awful.systems ) English5•11 hours ago
At least corvids are smart. Better that than some birdbrain’s progressive matrices.
- ShakingMyHead ( @ShakingMyHead@awful.systems ) English11•16 hours ago
“Given these three steps, what’s the logical fourth one?”
“…”
“God this embryo is an idiot.”- swlabr ( @swlabr@awful.systems ) English7•16 hours ago
Doesn’t even know the basic strats for these pattern questions, SMH, Do You Even IQ Test? (trying to start DYEIQT)
- HelixDab2 ( @HelixDab2@lemm.ee ) English6•17 hours ago
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.
- Roamin' Chemicals ( @roaminchemicals@mastodon.social ) 8•14 hours 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.
- Boomkop3 ( @Boomkop3@reddthat.com ) English24•1 day ago
oh great, commercial eugenics
- SplashJackson ( @SplashJackson@lemmy.ca ) English3•16 hours ago
We knew it was bound to happen sometime with capitalism
- bitofhope ( @bitofhope@awful.systems ) English11•23 hours ago
If I only have about fifty embryos, can I pay $50k to have them scanned now and have another 50 embryo scans left on my account or do I have to have all of them on hand immediately?
- antifuchs ( @antifuchs@awful.systems ) English15•1 day ago
I would definitely hate to be burdened with an IQ. Such a terrible thing to be born with
- Maeve ( @Maeve@kbin.earth ) 6•1 day ago
Only if burdened with emotional intermittence, as well.
- luciole (he/him) ( @luciole@beehaw.org ) English18•1 day ago
I didn’t understand how the hell the “pro-life” crowd would cheer for IVF since it entails destroying plenty of embryos. Now I understand: it’s the opportunity for some good old fashioned eugenics.
- gerikson ( @gerikson@awful.systems ) English21•1 day ago
They’re not cheering. Evangelical anti-abortion activists have long targeted IVF and it’s been practically banned in at least one US state.
- luciole (he/him) ( @luciole@beehaw.org ) English5•19 hours ago
Some days ago Trump came out saying he loves IVF and he’s the “father of IVF” so I assumed the evangelicals are at least OK with it, considering how the Republican are extremely close with them.
- rook ( @rook@awful.systems ) English5•13 hours ago
He will say what he thinks needs to be said, and the forced-birthers understand this. They haven’t defeated abortion yet and aren’t going to split their efforts, but they will continue to put pressure on ivf in the meantime. Remember, they weren’t always anti-abortion, and didn’t switch to it overnight! Their current position that life begins at conception necessarily conflicts with current ivf practises, and they’ll say they don’t disapprove of ivf in principle, and they might even have a friend who’s getting ivf, but talk is cheap and they’ll absolutely oppose any legislation that tries to guarantee access to it. Which is precisely what is happening.
- swlabr ( @swlabr@awful.systems ) English16•1 day ago
Reminds me of how marriage advice has its roots in white supremacy. (CW: a lot. self harm, SA, abuse)
- anachronist ( @anachronist@midwest.social ) English2•1 day ago
The Catholic Church hates IVF so I don’t think it’s necessarily the pro-life crowd that is promoting this.
- NigelFrobisher ( @NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone ) English3•23 hours ago
If you’re stupid enough to fall for this they euthanise the foetus.
- froztbyte ( @froztbyte@awful.systems ) English10•22 hours ago
let’s not