<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I did not mean to imply that high intelligence, agriculture, and artistry are mutually exclusive, but one can argue that they are in general statistically inversely correlated. I do not know this for sure as I have not done much research on the matter, but surely you must admit that selecting embryos for particular traits will likely significantly alter the distribution of vocations among other things. I highly doubt a person with an IQ of 140+ would be very willing to be a garbage collector when there are much more lucrative opportunities available. Parents may also select strongly for personalities associated with the careers they want their future children to excel in. <span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Imagine that your parents were content with your genes that control intelligence but detected an artistic gene that could be seen as a potential distraction from more “practical” matters.</span> Imagine an entire stern generation with an IQ of 140 with little variation in personality and emotion who all desire to be doctors, lawyers, and engineers with no interest in anything else. Surely an Asian parent's dream, but perhaps not the best for society as a whole. This is of course an extreme example, but it is easy to fall down a slippery slope.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 24, 2022, at 1:18 PM, Henry Rivera via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" class="">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class="">On Jun 24, 2022, at 11:44 AM, Gadersd via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" class="">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">If everyone were an Einstein who would want to be a farmer or artist? </div></blockquote><br class=""><div class="">Don’t be so sure about that. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Me and people like me have many options. It’s good to have options. I am an artist at heart. Yet I have an IQ over 140 and a doctorate. I knows some brilliant people who have gone on to mainly do agriculture. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also, the analyses of personality/occupational types Leary did in the 50s shows people are drawn to certain societal roles based on personality, and I posit these wouldn’t change if say I did a genetic modification to make me not have high blood pressure. But who really knows yet what is connected to what gene-wise and epigentically. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span id="cid:F210FA8B-F712-4896-9E65-C64EEFC7DB0C"><659-2-large.gif></span></div><div class=""><h5 style="margin: 15px 0px 0px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, Cambria, serif;" class="">Adapted from Interpersonal Diagnosis of Personality(p. 65) by T Leary, 1957, New York: Ronald.</h5></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Henry</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">extropy-chat mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" class="">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br class="">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>