So how will society adapt when specific genetic variants inevitably are tied to predisposition for intelligence and behavior?
ADHD, autism, BPD, as listed in the article, are not specific conditions, but rather represent a range of behavioral and intellectual tendencies that are better described as clusters in high dimensional personality space. If there are already 300 genes mapped which influence this handful of conditions, that implies that we already know of specific genes which effectively influence behavior by shifting psychology around these clusters.
And since genes are heritable, this has consequences for groups of people and their interactions in greater society. This may be an unpleasant question but if research proceeds in this field it is one that will have to be answered.
ADHD, autism, BPD, as listed in the article, are not specific conditions, but rather represent a range of behavioral and intellectual tendencies that are better described as clusters in high dimensional personality space. If there are already 300 genes mapped which influence this handful of conditions, that implies that we already know of specific genes which effectively influence behavior by shifting psychology around these clusters.
And since genes are heritable, this has consequences for groups of people and their interactions in greater society. This may be an unpleasant question but if research proceeds in this field it is one that will have to be answered.