From: Alex Ramonsky (alex@ramonsky.com)
Date: Mon Feb 25 2002 - 03:59:31 MST
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From: "Brian Phillips" <deepbluehalo@earthlink.net>
To: <extropians@tick.javien.com>
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 22:27
Subject: Re: Exowombs & AGING: a few billion too many
>
> Intelligence and mental characteristics
> are substantially heritable. How do you get a prospective
> adoptee's pedigree?
> Second is that health,intelligence, and emotional temperment
> are strongly affected by the prenatal environment and the
> environment immediately following birth.
> Simply put, adopt and you never know what you got.
...And what if what you've got is a genius who was previously stuck in a
kid's home with no access to parents who would develop that potential?
Some ugly ducklings turn into swans...
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