Yeah, who knows what their true refusal is? There could be a lot of things: sperm donors are already screened for what is effectively high IQ via interest in the process and university degrees; the women don’t want to take the risk of being novel (risk-aversion about anything to do with a kid? that’s never happened before...); the promise of the bank was a bit of a failure since by the time you’ve gotten so very old that a Nobel could’ve been awarded you are also so old your sperm is lower quality; etc.
the promise of the bank was a bit of a failure since by the time you’ve gotten so very old that a Nobel could’ve been awarded you are also so old your sperm is lower quality; etc.
This suggests a better way of establishing a eugenic sperm bank: approach the recipients of early-achiever awards such as Peter Thiel’s 20 under 20. And perhaps also encourage these people to mate with each other (if they aren’t doing so already).
Yeah, who knows what their true refusal is? There could be a lot of things: sperm donors are already screened for what is effectively high IQ via interest in the process and university degrees; the women don’t want to take the risk of being novel (risk-aversion about anything to do with a kid? that’s never happened before...); the promise of the bank was a bit of a failure since by the time you’ve gotten so very old that a Nobel could’ve been awarded you are also so old your sperm is lower quality; etc.
This suggests a better way of establishing a eugenic sperm bank: approach the recipients of early-achiever awards such as Peter Thiel’s 20 under 20. And perhaps also encourage these people to mate with each other (if they aren’t doing so already).
Yeah, targeting younger scientists is, IIRC, what the sperm bank basically ended up doing.
Such people wouldn’t bother—babies would be a major burden, and can wait.