Original title ‘What we talk about when we talk about risk’. article explains medical risk and why the polygenic embryo selection people think about it the wrong way. Includes a mention of one of our Scotts (you know the one). Non archived link: https://theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about
Scotts niceness filter is a superpower. He could tell people he wants to cannibalize them Hannibal Lector style and people would not instantly recoil and go ‘he doesn’t seem that nefarious’. It is impressive, esp as I always felt I had the opposite power, a reason for me to not go into politics. When I argue for something, people seem to instinctively want to agree with the side I’m arguing against.