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US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’ (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago (8 children)

That's not how IQ works you idiots.

Wait. Who's the idiots? The ones selling the service, the ones falling for the service, or the embryos that they decide to have low IQ?

I'd say the first two, and if the parents are responsible for the education of the kid, all three.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Re one, what is worse? People selling anti wifi amulets that they know don't work? Or people who sell them while not understanding (nor believing) that they dont work? (More likely it doesnt matter as it remains a scam. Ow god, im getting close to doing actual ethical thinking here).

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

You can sell an anti-wifi amulet that absolutely works. You can also sell an anti-cellular amulet that works, but the FCC will come down on you like a ton of bricks if you use it.