I'm pretty sure more than 20% will do it w their kids once tech is mature/cheap/readily available.
About 20% of US adults support embryo selection/editing for intelligence. Science knowledge positively predicts this support as well. Bioethicists need to get real about their characterization of this as some extreme minority view. http://www.pewinternet.org/2018/07/26/public-views-of-gene-editing-for-babies-depend-on-how-it-would-be-used/ …pic.twitter.com/Gnm7kP8AUN
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Up from 15% in 2014, similar question. Please can haz S-surve growth soon. http://www.pewinternet.org/2015/07/01/chapter-5-public-views-about-biomedical-issues/ …pic.twitter.com/TNt8ByBDSq
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I genuinely can’t think of a single non-idiotic argument against it.
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China is likely going to mandate embryo selection while the rest of the world endlessly debates regulation while paying a large price for not being early adopters.
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What evidence that China is on this path?
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Inactive for years.
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Also fairly sure IVF polled/would poll much worse, and all the bioethicist consternation about it disappeared overnight after it was deemed legal and became mundane
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But how many of those will still say the same if reminded that embryo selection = eugenics?
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This is coming and will be unstoppable. Parents will pay any price to give their kids a leg up.
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Has anyone heard of mate selection for intelligence? Why start with bad materials, and make expensive repairs? That's not a good strategy for complex systems. The name Dr Moreau springs to mind...
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Is there any method (real or hypothetical) to achieve the same result without destroying embryos?
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Yes, use polar bodies and sibling sperm to do gamete selection.
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