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People say they would not want to test embryos for traits like low IQ. But if given the information, they act on it (www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk)
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[–] 9 points 1 week ago (1 child)

This seems kinda facile to me. Of course we act on the information when given it, that's why we say we don't want to test for it? If I thought I (and others like me) wouldn't act on the knowledge, I wouldn't care whether we tested for those traits or not?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    It's click bait, you're using rational critical thinking and that's overrated here.

    I would rather have a social network where there's no click bait but until it happens I won't spend more than 2 seconds thinking about what the headline means vs what it implies.

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