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Soleron said:
Artificial selection of percieved desirable traits. Gender, height, eye colour, intelligence, ...

This will be a massive problem because i) the rich will be able to afford more in depth selection and testing, ii) some of that selection will be for 'bad' reasons (ex: favouring males, or disfavouring homosexuality), and iii) is likely to create a class system based on genetics.


It wont be a problem because the rich are not breeding at the same rate as the poor. The side effect being most of them end up uneducated as they can't afford th eeducation or simply their parents don't care about their education.

So we will be overrun by mindless drones who like to own guns and shoot at things lol.



 

 

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Soleron said:

This will be a massive problem because ii) some of that selection will be for 'bad' reasons (ex: favouring males)

Already happening and a big problem in India, China,...



Soleron said:
This will be a massive problem because i) the rich will be able to afford more in depth selection and testing

At first, then the price will go down over time and it'll become a standard procedure in any developed country.



Probably the next step would be to stop having wisdom teeth. We evolved past the need for them thousands of years ago, yet most humans still grow them eventually.



Andrespetmonkey said:
Soleron said:
This will be a massive problem because i) the rich will be able to afford more in depth selection and testing

At first, then the price will go down over time and it'll become a standard procedure in any developed country.

To select for the obvious on/off type genes, yes.

To improve existing nebulous traits like intelligence, psychological stability, athletic performance and so on - absolutely not

 



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Next step? It should be people stop arguing about different console and games tastes, but this will never be achievable, because people will just get dumber and dumber



Soleron said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
Soleron said:
This will be a massive problem because i) the rich will be able to afford more in depth selection and testing

At first, then the price will go down over time and it'll become a standard procedure in any developed country.

To select for the obvious on/off type genes, yes.

To improve existing nebulous traits like intelligence, psychological stability, athletic performance and so on - absolutely not

Those things can be improved through other forms of human enhancement/augmentation, and in the very long-term will probably become obsolete.



Rogerioandrade said:

Next step? It should be people stop arguing about different console and games tastes, but this will never be achievable, because people will just get dumber and dumber

Before we can accomplish that we first need to stop argueing about religion and thinking killing for it is for the bigger cause



sorry can't take evolution seriously

I'm growing a second penis and a second pair of arms



    R.I.P Mr Iwata :'(

Roma said:
sorry can't take evolution seriously

I'm growing a second penis and a second pair of arms

how can whale b hooman!?!???