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I just want to share this HN comment because it was the worst thing I've read all day.
A treatment for a type of genetic deafness sounds good and all; but think of the implications man. The no-longer-deaf people might hear some steamy music and then get frisky and in the mood to make deaf babies. And next thing you know bam! There'll be activation keys for hearing.
Who is more evolutionarily fit: a deaf person who appreciates technological progress and has kids, or an unloved eugenics enjoyer posting on hacker news?
I expect SneerClub to provide my alibis when reading one of these finally makes me snap.
you were busy posting I saw it myself
Apparently deaf people never have kids. Hmm. Alright. Okay.
This guy isn't even the first techbro to suggest recently that if disabled people are allowed to have kids, eventually we will all be disabled. I know very very little about genetics, but I'm still pretty sure it doesn't work that way.