Hank: everyone talking about the eventual impacts of gene editing on intelligence, himself included, will be wrong (2021)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2021-04-16) · owner: Hank
In April 2021 Hank predicted that everyone talking about the eventual effects of gene editing on intelligence, himself included, is bound to be wrong, because so little is known.
About: CRISPR gene editing, Intelligence
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-16 | predicted | We know so little that everyone talking about the eventual impacts of gene editing, especially on intelligence, Hank included, is bound to be wrong. | Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad video description |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2021-04-16 · Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad — Hank: The conversations escalate: editing out diseases, yes; editing children to be taller for sports; and at some point, intelligence. — 00:00:29
- 2021-04-16 · Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad — Hank: The common defense of editing for intelligence, that we all benefit from more super smart people solving hard problems, does not make sense, Hank says. — 00:00:29
- 2021-04-16 · Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad — Hank: Intelligence is to some extent genetic; studies show that it is. — 00:00:29
- 2021-04-16 · Gene Editing and Intelligence: A Bad — Hank thinks we have not wrapped our brains around what we mean by intelligence, as we still argue whether a hot dog is a sandwich. — 00:00:29