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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'."
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.