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Genetic Testing For Geekiness?
Paul Johnson writes "MSNBC is carrying an article wondering about how to handle a possible future genetic test for autism. Raising a severely autistic child is a heartbreaking grind, and many people (and legal systems) consider termination to be a reasonable choice where the fetus carries other genetic disorders such as Downs Syndrome. But this might also prevent the birth of future geniuses too. The article flippantly uses Bill Gates as an example (Gates is widely thought to have Asperger's syndrome), although Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison are also thought to have been similarly "different". And there is some reason to believe that "geekiness" in general is actually the place where autism shades into 'normal'."
I can see you have a higher Midi-Chlorian count than Master Yoda, and Master Gates.
"If you have done 6 impossible things this morning, why not round it off with breakfast at Milliways" -- hhgg
Do you really think that the USA is the first/only country to use power as a measurement of success? That's only money is, the embodiment of power.
As nice as the view from your soap box might be, I would suggest getting off it and actually looking around at things. It's all about money and power and anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is probably selling you something. It's not just the USA, it's the entire world; it transcends economic systems and enters the realm of human nature. Natural selection programmed this in to us; might as well make the best of it.
The French don't. They are more interested in growing grapes to make the worlds best wine. It is not for money, it is for love.
It's all about money and power and anyone who tries to tell you otherwise is probably selling you something.
I disagree. It is about happiness. Power is one endless journey, no matter how much power you get, you want more. It currupts the soul. It maddens the mind.
If it was not for the corporate types, that have enslaved humainty to warehouses and 40 hour work weeks, maybe people would be happier working in their garden, taking time to enjoy the warmth of the sun, or take a dip in a lake. It does not take money to do the things that make for happiness.
It is also like people who are healthy, but miserable because they think they are fat. There is a whole industry made to make you feel like shit, so they can sell you diet pills, shakes, exersize videos.
It is an endless loop. I say we break free.
Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."
End of story.