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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by gwern on Sunday July 28, 2019 @10:45AM (#20547809)
There are hundreds, they don't need to be confidently predicted they just need to increase on average, and even if there weren't, all you need is a PGS for selection since a small predictive power is enough when iterated repeatedly.
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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by pcrh on Sunday August 04, 2019 @04:26PM (#20609027)
You can't "iterate repeatedly" in a normal human lifespan.
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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by gwern on Sunday August 04, 2019 @11:09PM (#20610872)
A human isn't an embryo either, what's your point? You can do it every generation, and at some point 'generation' will encompass in vitro operations as well.
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