Find that Genius!

Hi there! How's it going? Having a 'caffo' day, I trust? I hope so. Perk up your brain with a jolt of espresso to 'espressify' your brain. Help it along with a virtual muffin, why don't'cha? Speaking of brains, here's some interesting research being done in Beijing...

Beijing Genomics Institute scientists are closing in on a technology to allow parents to choose, from several embryos, the one most likely to yield the smartest offspring. 

London's Daily Mail (in January, referencing recent work in Wired, The Wall Street Journal and The New Yorker) explained that BGI will have identified high-potential mathematics genes (by mapping the cells of geniuses) so that researchers can search for those among a couple's array of embryos. (Most embryos will yield gene arrays resembling their parents', but one embryo is likely "better" -- and maybe much better.) 

One Chinese researcher acknowledged the "controversial" nature of the work, "especially in the West," but added, "That's not the case in China." 

Remember there's a 'one child per family' deal in China so parents want to make the most of the one opportunity they have. The parental price tag on finding the smartest kid? Expensive, said a supporter, but less than upgrading an average kid via Harvard, or even a private prep school.

Advance selection...hmmm. Is this not another version of selection of the master race?

See ya, eh!

Bob