these predictions by well-known brain genious scott alexander give an amazing insight into how silicon valley technofascists think the world works. of note: you will be able to scan your baby's genome for "criminality".http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/02/15/five-more-years/ …
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Is the problem that you don't believe these studies (or the BBC), or is it that you don't think polygenic scoring can improve that fast?
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It's very unclear what these studies are actually measuring. Framing it as "criminality" or "antisocial behaviour" presumes a lot about the universality of those categories. Also the Frick/Mason study explicitly says that the literature is too small to draw solid conclusions.
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