tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post646739491121071010..comments2024-03-28T16:22:14.888-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Designer BabiesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-81915806781024056772013-10-04T01:23:04.607-07:002013-10-04T01:23:04.607-07:00"Anonymous Svigor said...
Unlike Grant there..."Anonymous Svigor said...<br /><br />Unlike Grant there were no rumors ever of bisexuality."<br /><br />That bastard Grant - not only did he play both sides of the field, but when he played my side, he got Dyan Cannon. Handsome guys! They get all the luck! Anyway, Grant was a straight-up guy, even if he wasn't always a straight-up guy.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-54129894738218952602013-10-03T14:31:02.018-07:002013-10-03T14:31:02.018-07:00Personal Genomics Firm 23andMe Patents Designer Ba...<i>Personal Genomics Firm 23andMe Patents Designer Baby System, Denies Plans to Use It</i><br /><br />Sounds like a great reason to deny people patents for this kind of stuff. Actually sounds like a great reason to do away with patents altogether.<br /><br /><i>It would be interesting to know how many people put in physical appearance traits, thus implicitly detracting at least a bit from the selection for high IQ and good health.</i><br /><br />There's probably a correlation between fitness and beauty. <br /><br /><i>the gambit</i><br /><br /><a href="http://gamut.askdefine.com/" rel="nofollow">Gamut</a>.<br /><br /><i>Unlike Grant there were no rumors ever of bisexuality.</i><br /><br />Maybe no one ever got envious enough.Svigornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77272709630318104142013-10-03T13:49:12.387-07:002013-10-03T13:49:12.387-07:00Never ever EVER diss the Chairman of the Board. Un...Never ever EVER diss the Chairman of the Board. Unlike Grant there were no rumors ever of bisexuality. Sinatra! Thats all anyone needs to know.Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854764809682029464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57243455455905529922013-10-03T09:19:36.083-07:002013-10-03T09:19:36.083-07:00Although no one will admit to doing it, I imagine ...Although no one will admit to doing it, I imagine you will see people select traits for male children such as intelligence, assertiveness, and athleticism. The number one trait selected for female children, ahead of all others, will be physical attractiveness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19921235541041595532013-10-03T07:56:17.745-07:002013-10-03T07:56:17.745-07:00Sinatra was good looking in a quirky way. Elvis an...Sinatra was good looking in a quirky way. Elvis and Cary Grant were more classic, converntionally handsome. As for Ronan Farrow, at first I thought he looked like a male version , or clone of Mia. Sort of like Jesus Christ from the Virgin birth would have looked only like mom. But then I saw a picture of him and I saw something of Woody. Don't laugh--it wasn't just that perhaps "he has his father's eyes"....it was something around the mouth area, a certain slackness. <br />To paraphrse from Wuthering Heights, when they are wondering if Heathcliff's son has any resemblance to his redoubtable dad or not, the mild boy comes out with enough furious invectiveness to make one old man cackle with triumph.. "there's the father. The two sides always show somewhere!."here's looking at younoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-17128847148271396312013-10-03T06:30:17.605-07:002013-10-03T06:30:17.605-07:00BTW, how did Joan Crawford become such a big star?...BTW, how did Joan Crawford become such a big star? She's not good looking and not a good actress.Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-28384241265680465362013-10-03T06:28:25.325-07:002013-10-03T06:28:25.325-07:00Which one is not like the others in needing to be ...<i>Which one is not like the others in needing to be a great singer to be a movie star?</i><br /><br />You could say the same thing about Dylan. Not that he was a movie star, but that without the blazing talent no one would think (or look) twice.Luke Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11290760894780619646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34184835782441593712013-10-03T06:09:48.184-07:002013-10-03T06:09:48.184-07:00"Not as good looking as Cary Grant or Sophia ..."Not as good looking as Cary Grant or Sophia Loren" is a rather expansive definition of plainness.<br /><br />Sophia Loren is quite an overrated beauty. Sinatra used swagger and style to pull off a dapper dago persona that worked quite well for him, but his game was far more psychological than physical. Cary Grant's clothes were irrelevant, he just exuded charm.<br /><br />Boy has Mia Farrow run the gambit of looks and talents among husbands. Her other one was Andre Previn.Edward Waverleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573315458281400993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-62231220204756943802013-10-03T05:32:46.717-07:002013-10-03T05:32:46.717-07:00When Sinatra guest-starred on Magnum p.i. when he ...When Sinatra guest-starred on <i>Magnum p.i.</i> when he would have been about 70, I didn't know who he was, being too young to have caught him in his heyday. But he still had a presence that made for a memorable character and made me suspect that he was a big-shot of some sort.<br /><br />Ordinary looks with a strong presence beats great looks with a wimpy presence every time. The most sought-after romantic lead actors have both, of course.Cail Corishevhttp://cailcorishev.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65147640923405726332013-10-03T01:27:01.692-07:002013-10-03T01:27:01.692-07:00First of all, this sounds like another absurd pate...First of all, this sounds like another absurd patent. What is the innovation here? They're genotyping gametes. So what? <br /><br />Secondly, all this sound and fury over the specter of designer babies and eugenics is ridiculous. Lesbians have been engaging in these practices for years, and phenotype-based donor/mate selection is going to remain far more powerful than genotyping for the foreseeable future. Plant and animal breeders have practiced eugenics with great success without knowing anything about molecular genetics.<br /><br />We currently know very little about the genetic architecture of complex traits. We're nowhere close to being able to sequence a zygote's genome and make accurate predictions about its genetic potential. I'm highly confident it will happen in my lifetime, but it's not just around the corner.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64271322276699719652013-10-02T23:29:22.222-07:002013-10-02T23:29:22.222-07:00"Not as good looking as Cary Grant or Sophia ...<i>"Not as good looking as Cary Grant or Sophia Loren" is a rather expansive definition of plainness.</i><br /><br />It's not so much that Grant or Loren are good looking, it's that Sinatra is fairly average looking.<br /><br />Without the glamorous clothing and pampering and favorable lighting, Sinatra looks like an average guy while Grant always looks distinguished:<br /><br />https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrwm3eDXM1qzi1ujo1_r2_1280.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-63983291185371735692013-10-02T21:48:36.492-07:002013-10-02T21:48:36.492-07:00"Which one is not like the others in needing ..."Which one is not like the others in needing to be a great singer to be a movie star?"<br /><br />"Not as good looking as Cary Grant or Sophia Loren" is a rather expansive definition of plainness.MCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9092886656098370172013-10-02T20:24:35.291-07:002013-10-02T20:24:35.291-07:00It would be interesting to know how many people pu...It would be interesting to know how many people put in physical appearance traits, thus implicitly detracting at least a bit from the selection for high IQ and good health. NOTAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-68986986884706074332013-10-02T20:24:16.385-07:002013-10-02T20:24:16.385-07:00A still from The Pride and the Passion, starring C...A still from The Pride and the Passion, starring Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, and Sophia Loren:<br /><br />http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Sinatra,%20Frank/Annex/Annex%20-%20Sinatra,%20Frank%20(Pride%20and%20the%20Passion,%20The)_01.jpg<br /><br />Which one is not like the others in needing to be a great singer to be a movie star?Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78517361767142989582013-10-02T20:22:14.063-07:002013-10-02T20:22:14.063-07:00Wojcicki is kinda cute. But not billionaire cute.Wojcicki is kinda cute. But not billionaire cute.bjdubbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-16788493748566702872013-10-02T20:18:51.929-07:002013-10-02T20:18:51.929-07:00Come to think of it, while Sinatra would not have ...Come to think of it, while Sinatra would not have been my cup of tea, if he's not good looking, then what man is?<br /><br />That's an extremely high bar if Sinatra doesn't meet it. He was Elvis before there was Elvis.<br /><br />Very young <a href="http://jakesoldhollywood.blogspot.com/2012/02/young-frank-sinatra.html" rel="nofollow">Sinatra</a> <br /><br />Young Sinatra <a href="http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/sinatra%20mug_sized.jpg" rel="nofollow">mugshot</a> to show it wasn't the clothes.Dahlianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44728433153628053942013-10-02T19:50:12.257-07:002013-10-02T19:50:12.257-07:00What would Chinese ask for? Hair color, eye color,...What would Chinese ask for? Hair color, eye color, they are always the same. If you are just shooting for IQ you don't need some fancy patented system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56465937590883610852013-10-02T19:46:13.121-07:002013-10-02T19:46:13.121-07:00"I want my child to have, say, red hair and b..."I want my child to have, say, red hair and be skinny and have an SAT over 1300. Here are three donors who each have two of the desired traits. But which ones are more of a sure thing?"<br /><br />These posts seem to whisper that you and Jodie Foster are BFF, lol! Isn't that both of her sons? With the SATs waiting, but surely they'll ace them?Dahlianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-971485945634529272013-10-02T19:21:22.472-07:002013-10-02T19:21:22.472-07:00"Frank Sinatra was good looking?"
Is th..."Frank Sinatra was good looking?"<br /><br />Is that a joke? Of course Frank Sinatra was good looking, when he was young at least. Any man whose nickname is a sexually attractive facial feature (Ol' Blue Eyes) is handsome by definition, right?<br /><br />http://images.sodahead.com/polls/002364983/4044237195_franksinatra_answer_2_xlarge.jpeg<br /><br />http://196461961.r.cdn77.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/2-Frank-Sinatra1-540x372.jpg<br /><br />Maybe Steve needs to get out of L.A.MCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-85087219820537885352013-10-02T19:17:22.896-07:002013-10-02T19:17:22.896-07:00Sinatra wasn't especially good looking. Like S...Sinatra wasn't especially good looking. Like Steve says, he was always snazzily dressed and groomed unlike Woody Allen.<br /><br />I'd say Woody Allen is average looking, not bad looking. His glasses, bad grooming, bad clothes, bad hair, bad posture, etc., just make him look worse than he is. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13675372235672405532013-10-02T19:13:11.875-07:002013-10-02T19:13:11.875-07:00I'd never seen this Blomkamp interview before....I'd never seen this Blomkamp interview before. I don't remember you linking it earlier, Steve.<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/aug/17/elysium-neill-bloomkamp-interview<br /><br />The guy is talking about Malthusian traps, the 10,000 year explosion, and the genetic basis of inequality, and the Guardian drone still puts "sci-fi with a social conscience" in the header. <br /><br />Scharlachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32263315638450958672013-10-02T19:00:43.271-07:002013-10-02T19:00:43.271-07:00No comment about Sinatra, but Woody Allen is BAD l...No comment about Sinatra, but Woody Allen is BAD looking, LOL! Dahlianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83358036108648457822013-10-02T18:52:13.587-07:002013-10-02T18:52:13.587-07:00The market would be just as large here as in China...The market would be just as large here as in China. The only difference would be that here there would be all sorts of pious pubic handwringing over it.Ex Submarine Officernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-87164434848560652912013-10-02T18:43:18.807-07:002013-10-02T18:43:18.807-07:00Frank Sinatra was good looking?
Sinatra wore tuxe...Frank Sinatra was good looking?<br /><br />Sinatra wore tuxedos and was always impeccably groomed. Allen dresses like a 1953 CCNY math major.Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6345666243885813842013-10-02T18:30:59.072-07:002013-10-02T18:30:59.072-07:00Admit it, Steve, this post was inspired by more th...Admit it, Steve, this post was inspired by more than just that article... <br /><br />Woody Allen is NOT the father, LOL!<br /><br />How many times has a Woody Allen, film maker thread been sidetracked by, "Man, how did that son of his come out so good looking with Woody Allen as his father?"<br /><br />Feel so silly now. I mean, look at Ronan! Look at Woody Allen!!<br /><br />Simultaneously found it interesting as well as finding Farrow/Allen too trashy to care about anything else that may come out in the future.Dahlianoreply@blogger.com