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Would you support a government program that randomly selected families looking to have kids, and paid them to do embryo selection for higher IQ? Assume on average this raises the IQ of the resulting child by 5 points, and that we have the tech to do this.

Yes absolutely
27.8%
Mild yes
27.6%
Mild no
16.6%
No absolutely not
28%

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6:07 PM · Dec 10, 2022

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I'm curious to hear the reasons of people who voted no, please reply. (unless it's on libertarian grounds)

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5 points is not enough; to justify a public expense! Fluoride in studies, is already lowering kids by 5!

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I don’t support any government program that is not required to safeguard my rights.

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Fluoride in water,, is actually causing 5 point decline in kids!

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No, but only because of the "government program" part and nothing else.

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This is a task for the private sector. Keep the government out of eugenics.

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interested to hear from the "No absolutely not" side.

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absolutely not but not because i am against embryo selection: i am against government being involved in anything that isn't absolutely indispensable for society core survival. Those kind of projects should be fully private along with most other things in society.

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two eugenics curious posts in a week or so is a red flag, tbh.

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Do you have a poll or read data on whether an increase in IQ increases the overall benefits of society to the individual or to the group? Seems more likely to the group but in general it seems the higher the IQ the lower the level of personal Joy