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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]If the rich are willing to pay hundreds of thousands to get into middling universities, imagine what they would pay for embryos that actually have the genetics to handle the Ivy League. We are are about 5-10 years away from the ability to predict +/- 20% using GWAS the most “desirable” traits, including grit, IQ, fast twitch muscle, BMI, and facial attractiveness based on a DNA sample. The rich will be able to either pay for elite donors, or just select “the best” from the 20-30 embryos they produce on their own. And crispr might be able to provide even more precise refinement within 30 years.

The Chinese are probably doing it already.[/b] I wouldn’t be surprised if the wealthy are traveling to clinics in Czech or China within the next decade or so to select for “super embryos”. Steve Hsu’s company is always selecting against “intellectual disability”. Well, perhaps his customers will argue any IQ below 140, or BMI above 22, is a disability.

As I’ve followed the explosive growth in the science of GWAS over the last decade, I have wondered whether the above scenario was possible, but this scandal (i.e. what the wealthy are willing to pay for mere bragging rights) has made me convinced it’s the future. [/quote]

:lol: Got any sources for any of this, lady?  People have been saying the same thing for a decade. So far, all we’ve got is a few new hereditary conditions. [/quote]

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