I believe in making selection on the basis or as much as possible on object tests. I would force public schools to give at least half of their places on the basis of examination, rather than whether people's parents can pay for them. A registrabve welfare state with a significant inheritance tax is an absolutely vital part of meritocracy. Genetic engineering, obviously, is an abomination, but i think we have to be conscious. We ought to use all the reasonable tools of meritocracy, just to make sure that taththatht the unreasonable tools don't become main streamed.

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