From: Alexander Sheppard (alexandersheppard@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Nov 22 2002 - 11:20:31 MST
>Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:44:33 +0100
>From: Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se>
>Subject: Class and genetics study
>Interesting. Could you expand on why you think so?
Well, actually, I may have spoken too soon here--I'm really not all sure how
this would work out, thinking about it some more. It really depends on
things that I just don't know. I mean, say we can use genetic engineering to
give the children of the rich a boost in thier IQ. What's interesting is
that wealth is not actually very correlated to IQ in our society, though--so
I really don't know how that would work out. Would a higher IQ mean that
people would realize that exploiting others is not a desirable feature to
have in a society and voluntarily desist from it? I don't know. And, really,
what do we even mean by increase intelligence? The IQ exam isn't necessarily
a firm measure of intelligence on the whole. So, thinking about this some
more, I'm not at all sure, really. Is "intelligence" defined as the ability
to develop and implement increasingly monstrous schemes to increase one's
personal power? I wouldn't use that definition, but with genetics, well, the
results of modification are difficult to tell beforehand...
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