Geoffrey MillerVerified account

What if I want some of them to actually just be clones?

if any of them married each other (quite likely unless somehow discouraged) more of my genes would get through.

“Zero” is the most reasonable answer for me. Who am I to wish a burden of responsibility on my own descendants in an increasingly unsustainable world?

Selfish gene theory holds that this need not be borne in mind.

Yeeeesss...I chose wisely

I think that's wrong: you pass 1/2 of your genes to your offspring (A) by random selection. Next generation picks at random 1/2 of all the genes of (A): the ones you passed account for 0 to 100% of this selection. Fraction varies between 0 and 1/4. 1/2^n = upper bound, not total.

The problem is if you're not dying you're not making room for new gen. If we expand human lives to 200 and all are having 5 kids a piece, well real estate values are seriously going to get out of hand! I get darwinian frame but personal I like a world with some nature left.