In the prog view, fertility should be decoupled from resources, and all survive. So, the only legitimate selection is differential fertility
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In the prog model, groups engaging in sustainable breeding get dispossessed by groups with unsustainable breeding
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...and there's nothing the sustainable group is allowed to do about it. They simply get outnumbered and then eliminated.
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@HbdNrx no, that doesn't seem smart at all. =/ plus dysgenic effects. otoh, genetic engineering will be a game changer...@Outsideness -
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@Outsideness@hbdchick biology and genetics are so complicated, lots of unintended consequences possible. editing genome is not going to be -
@Outsideness@hbdchick easy to get right, and knowing what to edit is going to be hard. and then there's the cost, and the fact that people -
@Outsideness@hbdchick like to do it the old fashioned way. and civilization going downhill in the meantime. and SJWs preventing it -
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@HbdNrx tbh, i can't even guess where humans are going to go with the possibilities that will open up. -?-@OutsidenessThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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