The birth of the bio-edu-data-sciences #oldaily https://www.downes.ca/post/79049 This is a long post that is very much worth reading. "In summer 2025, a startup technology company from Silicon Valley announced the launch of a genetic IQ test for embryos," reports Ben Williamson. "Now we could just respond to this by saying it's modern eugenics and snake oil, as other critics have." But we shouldn't. For one thing, despite the questionable ethics, what we've seen is people would if they could.