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>not already illegal in first world countries, I suspect the existing laws will soon be updated to reflect that once it starts being practical.

I'm not so sure. Racism was shown to be completely unsupported by science: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_statements_on_race?wpro...

There were a couple notable dissenters (some bigwig statistician iirc), but overall it was a clear consensus.

If it is shown that certain genes are causative of violent behavior, the legal situation might not shake out so cleanly. Already the debate has begun: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/can-progressiv...



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