I see the phrase "genetic lottery" quite often. But are your children's genes wholly the result of randomness? https://twitter.com/kph3k/status/1019970364292632576 …
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Replying to @Steve_Sailer
Her book survived the writing and editorial lottery, so there's that.
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... Serious academic voice: "Because farmers have no choice but to play the genetic lottery with their crops, all key nutritional indices have remained roughly unchanged for 10,000 years ... oh wait."
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... "Think of all those animal breeders trapped in lunatic schemes to trick the genetic lottery." "Totally. And thank goodness human mating isn't selective."
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... [Stopping now before I literally asphyxiate in my own sarcasm.]
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Are you serious? The idea behind the genetic lottery metaphor is that children don't get to choose their own genes, not that parents have no control over their offspring's genes.
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I think the larger point beyond the sarcasm is whether that is really a relevant piece or level of analysis.
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Traditional breeding seems to involve a bit of gambling. I wouldn’t call it precision engineering.
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Entrepreneurial risk, certainly.
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