People obsessively focus on intelligence when talking about genetic engineering, but my guess is that that's going to be MUCH less important (and harder to do) than A) mood modifications like reducing anxiety and depression, and B) cosmetic changes like height.
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Yeah, and I bet it'll be all the rage in some developing countries.
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I don't have a rigorous argument for this: but what worried me most about increasing intelligence is creating a bunch of hyper-aggressive anti-social meglomaniacs. In my observation, keeping smart people smart AND prosocial is really hard.
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How about if it turned you into William Sidis?
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