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That's the issue I'm worried about - after a doomsday scenario like war / cataclysm / plague my descendants would most likely be deprived of that medicine, like
by michalf6 7y ago
That's the issue I'm worried about - after a doomsday scenario like war / cataclysm / plague my descendants would most likely be deprived of that medicine, likely resulting in my direct ancestral line dying off.
In a more general sense, I'm very concerned about the point in human evolution when we can't live our lives and reproduce anymore without the aid of technology. Then it takes one cataclysm to wipe us out.
I see your point though, this kind of event seems unlikely.
- klipt 7y agoAfter a cataclysm, wouldn't your short sighted descendents have trouble without glasses too? Does that mean you wouldn't date anyone who's shortsighted? Also you're assuming we develop technology to cure all these genetic problems in the phenotype, without being able to CRISPR them away in the genotype too, which may happen in the nearish future.
- chipperyman573 7y agoThis is a really interesting point I haven't thought of, but haven't we really already reached that point? Terrible diseases that used to wipe out entire civilizations are stopped dead (heh) in their tracks by taking a pill for a few weeks, stopping us from developing an immune system that can respond well.