[extropy-chat] Eumemics

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Mark Walker <mark at permanentend.org> wrote:
> Here we have a case where the
> technology of selecting embryos
> has already established,

Slight incorrectness.  Selecting embryos itself, yes,
that technology is here.  But how to know which
embryo has the genes for intelligence?

That said, this could be a real issue in the very near
term.  All that's missing is a good, publically
available map of genes to approximate IQ, which
doesn't seem that hard to create.  A group dedicated
to the necessary studies could possibly publish a
fairly reliable one (with a disclaimer that it only
covers the genetic component of IQ, which is not 100%
of IQ - partly as a cover in case one of the resulting
children decides to destroy their own potential)
within two or three years.  It would have to be a
private group, since no current scientifically
trustworthy government could get away with such an
effort politically, but the resources required do not
seem to exceed several million dollars.  But the map
isn't available yet, so this selection could not be
done with confidence today in most cases.