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Re:China Is Engineering Genius Babies (2013) by tormeh on Thursday July 27, 2017 @12:55PM (#14867109)
No. The most important factors, in diminishing order, are: Grit, intelligence, beauty, education.

But if you read the article, they're not really selecting for IQ itself, but academic success, so that covers all of the factors, just weighed.

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Re:China Is Engineering Genius Babies (2013) by AstralStorm on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:26AM (#14872596)
It depends on how you define intelligence. If you go broad, grit and such are part of it.

A broad definition is ability to solve problems. Beauty is outside it unless it really solves some problem... which it well might in some occupations.

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Re:China Is Engineering Genius Babies (2013) by nerpderp83 on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:33PM (#14868091)
Which include obedience if they are only measuring PhDs.
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