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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(cont.) Is selection for maximum fertility really what we want in the long term? Democracy becomes a breeding race
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@HbdNrx no, that doesn't seem smart at all. =/ plus dysgenic effects. otoh, genetic engineering will be a game changer...@Outsideness1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@hbdchick@Outsideness I'm not optimistic about human genetic engineering happening to any significant degree in the next 100+ years2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@Outsideness@hbdchick biology and genetics are so complicated, lots of unintended consequences possible. editing genome is not going to be2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@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 people1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Outsideness@hbdchick like to do it the old fashioned way. and civilization going downhill in the meantime. and SJWs preventing it1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Outsideness@hbdchick so, much like good AI always seems 20 years away, so too will substantial human genetic engineering1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
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