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Re:China Is Engineering Genius Babies (2013) by jandrese on Thursday July 27, 2017 @01:22PM (#14867418)
Personally I tend to feel less respect for people who are noticeably dumber than I am. I think that's basic human nature, or at least my nature.

Tyrants know this. You see it when they feel threatened and start purging their subordinates. If they don't respect you they can fear you instead.

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Re:China Is Engineering Genius Babies (2013) by blacksmith_tb on Thursday July 27, 2017 @01:56PM (#14867775)
"That Cassius over there has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much. Men like him are dangerous." [1]

1: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/julius_caesar/julius_caesar.1.2.h...

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Re:China Is Engineering Genius Babies (2013) by the8472 on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:01PM (#14868316)
We are talking about a population engineered to be more intelligent, so the assumption is that the rulers would also be more intelligent, so this gap would not exist
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Re:China Is Engineering Genius Babies (2013) by 794CD01 on Thursday July 27, 2017 @01:59PM (#14867805)
So find the smartest person and make them the dictator. Problem solved.
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