Oddbean new post about login | logout And yet these rich Bay Area elites are doing all of this to end up with a less robust and healthy child than a couple who has children in their early 20’s. They want you to believe this is gattaca, but really it’s cope. https://image.nostr.build/97d10a30235ce850bb3f6573e0fe377e67cad72dfae6442fd8bbcee0c10314b1.jpg
Just look at what they've done with dogs. Who would want this for their kids...
I don't think it's the same concept as selective breeding.
Probably, but I think gene selection for the looks will probably be focused on, given the trends.
Yeah, I think it's an example of some people taking something too far. It happens with everything. I can definitely see this becoming a racist type thing, but I can also see it doing a lot of good for normal people. It'll be a spectrum of normies all the way to fucking weirdos.
On my selective breeding point, I meant that it will likely be more precise than getting a pug out the deal lol But, only time will tell. We definitely need ethical debates on the shit for sure.
It is. It's literally selective breeding. And probably incest, as well. Selective, incestual breeding with strangers. Or can just have sex with your spouse in your 20s. 🤷🏻♀️ I'm so glad that these people are dying out and, no, this won't help them stop dying out because these are people who couldn't be bothered to just have sex with their spouse in their 20s because they see children as accessoires to life, rather than the main show. They're not going to get over 2.1, as a group. Ngmi.
Selective breeding of dogs, plants, etc has historically been a try and see approach (a best guess) by discarding the undesirable offspring and only breeding the desirables. That is not the same thing as targeted gene modification. Having sex with a partner who looks good with the hope of having a pretty baby is selective breeding. That's not a new idea. Editing the genes directly is totally different. https://royalsociety.org/news-resources/projects/gm-plants/how-does-gm-differ-from-conventional-plant-breeding/
Or in this case looking at the genes directly and deciding all is well and changing nothing. This isn't a binary issue. There are benefits to these advances beyond just having a baby later in life. It's totally awesome that parents can learn beforehand that their child will have a terrible disease, etc, for example. I tend to find the whole eye color, gender, etc thing weird and something we should discuss, but the medical application for prevention and treatment are amazing and should continue. Most people tunnel vision on one use case, and either discard everything because of that or some other ridiculous religious belief. Both are equally dumb.
Freshly baked https://image.nostr.build/97de90b1fea55c5dc3dca4f78475e20c765a386ef8f58dba2e849c1a5cc98300.jpg https://image.nostr.build/f57100b1e212491f99a812e6fb3fcbdc76f741d3d401df6491727a5bb55f2b1e.jpg
Nature seems to be ok with 20s, 30s, and 40s but any individual doesn't get a say in how long they will stay fertile. Start in your 20s and keep going for as long as your genes and ideas are worth propagating.
Oh wow. This is retarded. You shouldn’t mess with nature like that. These families will find out soon enough https://media.tenor.com/KWrPiQohmA8AAAAd/fuckaroundfindout-fuckaround.gif
Meh. It's like pretty much everything else. A lot of the science will be wonderful, but you will also have weirdos who go way too far. I have ethical concerns about some of it. It's something we will definitely have to figure out.
It is in human nature to want to control things and play God. There is no fun on making babies that way 😉
