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US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by sue_me_please@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Can we do this after they're born, grow up, and acquire a drivers license?

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gattaca is here now.

[–] fnix@awful.systems 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, in the same way that Mars colonies are here now. Techbros with more money than sense throwing it at things with futuristic aesthetics doesn’t make them real.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh? It's already here in use today... They can already test an embryo for generic defects.

It is still in it's infancy, but the technology is here. Where decode more of human DNA every day

Actual intelligence testing may not ever be possible. But in general this is going to happen.

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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

There's one born every minute, this is a great way to have them self-select for financial benefit.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone -5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

If you’re stupid enough to fall for this they euthanise the foetus.

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