Copying a genome into a new human results in about 40 new mutations. Some of these are beneficial, but most are detrimental.
In order to maintain genetic quality, there has to be a positive correlation between bad mutations and lower total fertility. I wonder
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what this means in terms of how many people should be weeded out each generation. I'm thinking looking at life expectancy
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(perhaps excluding certain causes of death) across generations might be helpful for determining whether bad mutations are increasing.
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@hbdchick@JayMan471 you might have thoughts on the above
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