Genius Sperm Bank

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I just watched this program on the genius sperm bank in california, made by some nutball. (closed in 1999). Anyway, they profiled some of the resulting children from that. One of them was an adorable little boy who was very bright (not genius). Apparently tested achievement-wise at the 8th grade level when he was in 4th grade. They mentioned he had a form of autism. They didn't follow that train of thought, but they interviewed the kid and he said (and seemed) that "he was just a happy, normal kid" or something like that. Anyay, wierd eugenics aside, i thought the intelligence/most likely aspergers/happy and likeable personality combination was worth mentioning.
He seemed like a really cool, likable, optimistic kid; someone i'd want in my family. If they hadn't mentioned autism, the only little clue that he was a bit different were a couple slight facial tics. (similar to my own)

Anyway, thought that was cool.

By the way, kid's sperm donor father was an egotistical as*hole. He thought that by spreading his seed he was giving a gracious gift to mankind. Fathered 19 children and regarded them all as trophies. AND, there is no evidence that genius breeds genius. Most of the kids they found were normal to gifted IQ, not genius. They were mostly all cute though.

I'd hate to be the one who had to throw away all the excess sperm when the bank closed down.

they probably give it away for free to homeless people or something.

I don't like the idea of sperm banks selectively accepting sperm so that the women can choose to have a genius baby or whatever.

neither do i. but it didn't exactly create geniuses/geni....(sp?)

Oh, plus, the women had to "qualify" to be the mother, and they had to be married so the little offspring would have 2 loving parents. Ironic thing is, most of the fathers left. Mom and baby shared dna but father wasn't in on it.

I thought it was pretty creepy, too. The guy did come off as awfully egotistical, priding himself on being the smartest guy in the world. I would have liked to see the AS angle pursued more. It sounds as if the boy might also be hyperlexic, a condition that may coexist with AS.

I saw that show and when they introduced the little red haired kid they said:
"But he has a form of Autism that makes consentration difficult."

This amuses me. And that guy got away with 19 progeny he doesn't have to support?

Maybe we should set up an Asperger's sperm/ egg bank so that we can all have each other's children. If we persist long enough we might actually bring about the apocalypse in a few generations.

If you got to a sperm bank its considered a business transaction. The sperm is purchased. The sperm donor normally has no contact with resulting children and definitely no financial obligation.

Egg donations are lets just say uncomfortable and require a surgical procedure. Not likely to get many egg donors for your world domination plan. lol Nor breeders if you are looking for Aspie females to incubate the offspring.

What is hyperlexia by the way?

Though on a more serious note, eugenics and its hardcore supporters creep me out