Interview on IQ, genes, and genetic engineering with expert (Hsu)

post by James_Miller · 2017-05-28T22:19:23.489Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 8 comments

This is a link post for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn4LaowsGiA

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comment by James_Miller · 2017-05-28T22:20:40.247Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Stephen Hsu interviewed on Stefan Molyneux's YouTube show. Hsu was a guest on my podcast.

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comment by gwern · 2017-05-29T01:33:48.680Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Anything new or worth noting?

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comment by James_Miller · 2017-05-29T05:29:23.522Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

For me it was at 01h5m50s where Hsu says that super rich Silicon valley guys are already using embryo selection for non-fertility reasons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn4LaowsGiA#t=01h5m50s

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comment by Douglas_Knight · 2017-05-29T06:10:27.518Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Wikipedia says that Elon Musk's 5 sons were via IVF. The mother was 32 and 34 at the births, which is awfully young for IVF. Maybe they had fertility problems, but maybe they did embryo selection. Except that they probably couldn't select for anything beyond sex in 2004, but maybe they did IVF to get twins and triplets.

comment by Halfwitz · 2017-05-29T18:53:16.512Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Not really. May be worth listening to while washing dishes or something but nothing essential.

comment by ImmortalRationalist · 2017-06-07T00:26:11.185Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

What is the general consensus on LessWrong regarding Race Realism?

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comment by James_Miller · 2017-06-07T02:51:30.845Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I'm not sure, but I doubt there is a LW consensus on this issue.

comment by Lumifer · 2017-06-07T00:31:02.439Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Some people consider it obvious and some people consider it distasteful.