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fattyfoods@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlNederlands · 7 months ago

US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’

www.theguardian.com

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US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’

www.theguardian.com

fattyfoods@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlNederlands · 7 months ago
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Heliospect’s services were marketed at up to $50,000 for 100 embryos, undercover footage shows
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  • davel [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    I hope this is just a rich people grift, because then who cares.

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      Anyone who falls for the scam of thinking that you can determine IQ from the genome of an embryo is probably below average themselves.

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    Plot of GATTACA

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    I’ll probably get downvoted for saying this, but as a transhumanist the potential for this kind of technology is huge.

    It’s expensive now, but 20 years ago it cost $2.7 billion to sequence a full human genome, now it’s around $600. Imagine a world where this process is inexpensive and easily available.

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      So, Gattica?

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      You’re just unabashedly supporting eugenics? Is that because you’re too young, or too uneducated to know any better?

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        It’s because I was born disabled.

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          I’m glad you’re here though.

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