Emil O W Kirkegaard

Do you know any data showing countries with less iq deviation are more equal?

Inb4 @SilverVVulpes 's social justice eugenics

(he refers to my possible plan about writing a book and literally having that be the title :P)

I mean, if social harmony suffers a lot from group diffs, then it makes sense to decrease them genetically if we can. Trouble is mostly that

that biotech methods will have faster uptake among the rich & smart, even if they have to pay and it's free for poor people. Matthew effect.

Yes, I understand, but honestly, as gwern said, to some extent I'm more optimistic about next 50 years with genetic engineering to lower…

gaps than with 50 years of more environmental interventions. So far I just try to get people to understand that banning will *guarantee*...

it only serves to increase inequality, and that the question is how we're going to do it, not if. Shared by some,seehttps://twitter.com/SilverVVulpes/status/837766640783720449 …

I'm for market eugenics. Unfortunately our political systems will guarantee most of the world falls off a dysgenic cliff before it happens.