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An technology comes out that allows parents to genetically modify fetuses to increase IQ by roughly 30-40 points. This technology is safe, very expensive, and can only be done in hospitals with lots of resources. You would prefer the use of this technology to be ____

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IQ is really just a racist outdated thing we use for some reason it assumes the person is white and with a good background. it cant really gage the intelliange of someone living in a 3rd world country so no, lets not

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This doesn't match up with any of the research I've done into IQ

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well, ok, i am half remembering something i read on facebook years ago perhaps it wasnt as crediable as i think it is, but perhaps you're using outta date shit. happened to me once on an english paper either way, im still good on this. eugenics is kinda ew

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IQ is one of the most well researched and well supported measurements we have, with some of the strongest predictive power. Eugenics doesn't seem totally ew to me. I guess it can be ew.

1:24 AM · Apr 23, 2019

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yah its basically genetic purity which is very close to some nazi lite shit its all bad and ableism a bit too like deleting mild autism isnt a good look for anyone really you rather play god than deal with a behavior disorder