In UK, a terminally ill man places bets on when he will die (h.t. to Marginal Revolution).
Folklore is right: opposites do attract. It has evolutionary survival value.
Artificial gene change in monkeys is passed on to their offspring. Could genes be used to raise I.Q., athletic prowess, etc., in human children?
I’m not sure the opposites that folklore had in mind are the same as the genetic opposites the study described.
What’s wrong with placing bets on when you will die? Isn’t that what life insurance is all about anyway?
The answer to the last question is apparently “yes.” But why is that wrong? If everything else we do to increase athletic prowess, IQ, etc., is OK, why not gene manipulation?