From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 8, 2016 8:20 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: Agreed , genetic altruism On Monday, 8 February 2=16, Noam Chomsky wrote: <mailto Almost inconceivable. But if it=could be done, I think there would be far more important uses — li=e changing the genes for dedicated savagery and lack of concern for the welfare or even security of the population on the part of that sec=or of educated elite that reaches positions of power.=/p> From: jeffrey E. [mailto:[email protected] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 1:54 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: I am aware of the potential for abuse . However imag=ne that a set of genes used for working memory like the ones f=r Tay Sachs could be found and adjusted . Not looking seems cruel =A0 On Monday, 8 February 2016, Noam Chomsky > wrote: Wish we could just toss of the cares =nd demands of the world. First question is whether the facts h=ve any significance. Second is what is the explanation. Answer to the first is that they don't. They have no scientific int=rest, and they tell us nothing about how to deal with Tom Jones — =ho is who is he, and not the mean of some group to which we assign him. =A0 As for explanation, the likelihood I =hink is what I outlined, say the likely different outcomes for a kid like me and a counterpart in a family in Philly that is part of a gr=up that for 400 years had a chance for about 2 or 3 decades to enter mains=ream society, and then with the constant legacy of miserable racism. =There were a few families that escaped the legacy — Thurgood Marshall, Condoleezza Rice, etc. =But it's not surprising under the circumstances that few did. =AO And simply as a matter of biology, the capacities involved are so deepl= embedded that it would be quite surprising if an evolutionarily brief period that has produced only superficial changes would have affecte= them. EFTA_R1_01584874 EFTA02472774