Numerous studies in the past two years show that CRISPR-based interventions can correct mutations and restore cellular and behavioral function in mouse models of brain diseases. Diseases caused by mutations in genes associated with brain functions - like alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC), Huntington’s disease, and Friedreich’s ataxia- have seen major improvements in mice that have had their brains gene edited.
This raises a fascinating possibility - what if this gene editing could go beyond correcting diseases? What if you could get an IQ boost of 20-30 points? For obvious reasons, this would be huge for people on a personal level, but it would also have political effects. What would society be like if everyone were 30 IQ points smarter?
Or, we could just provide everyone with a good education.
That’s very ignorant of basic biology. You should read the citations here: https://maximiliankohler.blogspot.com/2020/08/why-im-voting-for-one-of-two-senile-old.html
Maybe you can link them directly so I don’t have to sift through your shitty blog? At a glance, if your argument is that we should also have initiatives to increase the health of everybody, than I agree, and don’t need some smug asshole putting words in my mouth.
IQ tests are a scam and are rooted in Eugenics. They are also heavily skewed when the takers are poor and malnourished.
People arent born “stupid”. They lack access to health and education.
When getting on your personal yacht, how many attendees are needed?
Kind of whataboutism from my side… But won’t healthy (and enough) food for kids, education and opportunities provide an IQ boost? I guess we could do a noticeable increase if we wanted…
New technology will not solve issues unless we have the political will to ensure it will help everyone.
Such technology is worthless or potentially actively harmful until we deal with the social disasters currently occurring.
I, for one, welcome our new super-intelligent rodent overlords
If everybody could read and understand Marx, people would seize the means of production.
I am not clever enough to know if they would still be exploited by an elite. The way investment bankers spend their bonuses makes me think so.
way fewer kids till wealth inequality was reduced to reasonable levels.
This widespread, and seemingly sole focus on genes is ignorant.
We think we’ll turn ourselves into superhumans with gene editing, and worry about the societal implications and potential uses for evil.
But, the world is dumb. I suspect we’ll actually turn ourselves into figurative pugs or Gros Michel bananas given the chance.
Edit: Which is also really bad.
I honestly think that indifference and lack of learning is holding us further back than biology is. But maybe we’d have somewhat of an easier time if critical thinking came easier to people.
Flowers for Algernon
what could possibly go wrong
