Doesn’t even know the basic strats for these pattern questions, SMH, Do You Even IQ Test? (trying to start DYEIQT)

At least corvids are smart. Better that than some birdbrain's progressive matrices.

There are likely many hundreds or more of contributing alleles according to one paper I read in uni. How individual differences manifest genetically is stultifyingly complex. We still don't even have a unifying theory of what intelligence is, or even consciousness - much less "how make smarterer". It's before early days, we're still banging rocks together. Scientists know approximately dick about intelligence.

But on the plus side, the people capable of paying for this bullshit are going to have significantly higher chance of proper nutrition for their kids, access to good education, and ability to avoid environmental toxins, so they just have to compare their "handpicked sperm" to the population as a whole and they'll show great results.

Yeah this is an obvious scam lol.

(It's not about IQ specifically, but to anyone interested in how many different environment factors play a role in human behavior/outcomes, Behave by Robert Sapolsky is an excellent overview of research in a broad variety of fields. It's definitely not a light read, but it doesn't assume too much prior knowledge, and is one of my favorite books on what makes us tick.)

@HelixDab2 @sue_me_please I'd go a step further and say it doesn't work. It's an inherently flawed concept that you can reduce human thought, skill, ability, and behaviour to a number and then rank people by it. The legacy of general intelligence itself is that of people assuming it exists and seeking to justify their assumptions.

We knew it was bound to happen sometime with capitalism

Re one, what is worse? People selling anti wifi amulets that they know don't work? Or people who sell them while not understanding (nor believing) that they dont work? (More likely it doesnt matter as it remains a scam. Ow god, im getting close to doing actual ethical thinking here).

Only if burdened with emotional intermittence, as well.

They’re not cheering. Evangelical anti-abortion activists have long targeted IVF and it’s been practically banned in at least one US state.

Reminds me of how marriage advice has its roots in white supremacy. (CW: a lot. self harm, SA, abuse)

Scott Alexander pokes his head up out of the astroturf and whispers, "It's showtime."

GATTACATS would be the most cursed musical possible and every day I give thanks that we live in a world where it doesn't exist.

Won't one crucial difference be that Gattaca's genetic selection actually worked? This will be a techbro "move fast and break things" con job.