At BGI Shenzhen researches are currently undergoing new forms of genetic transformation in the lives of embyos. What they are trying to work on is the intelligence, increasing the IQ by 5 to 15 points. Researches gathered the DNA sample form the 2000 brightest people in the world and are studying their entire genomes in an attempt to identify the alleles which determine human intelligence. These researchers are only studying people with Chinese and European decent. In order to qualify you have to provide certain materials such as complete CV, any publications and all college standardized test scores. Once all this information has been gathered then a fertilized egg is divided into a few cells which can be sampled to figure out the expected intelligence. Some countries such as the United States believes this may interfere with the word of God, stating it may be a sin. Which is why we are way behind even though we have the same technical abilities and the same statistical capabilities.
Even though some disagree and state we should not be meddling with human nature, I disagree with that statement, considering God gave us the capability to process such complex scientific activity. If he did not want us doing such work then we would not have the ability to perform this type of work. Making our society better should be seen as a positive virtue for our society. If our societies overall IQ increased this would reduce maybe in vanish a series of world problems that we are currently undergoing such as famine and even war.
http://www.vice.com/read/chinas-taking-over-the-world-with-a-massive-genetic-engineering-program
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