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Embryo selection, thinking about risk the wrong way: What we talk about when we talk about risk. (archive.is)
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Original title 'What we talk about when we talk about risk'. article explains medical risk and why the polygenic embryo selection people think about it the wrong way. Includes a mention of one of our Scotts (you know the one). Non archived link: https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about

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[-] gerikson@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

old timey eugenicists were all about preventing "unsuitable" people from having kids, thereby circumventing natural selection. It's not as if they didn't purposefully misunderstand the phrase "survival of the fittest"

[-] diz@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well yeah but the new age ones overthink everything. Edit: I suspect you could probably find one of them spelling it out.

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