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If I was genetically engineering people to have kids, I'd make them want to have kids directly. It's a trait that seems to exist already, and dialing it up shou
by ahartmetz 4y ago
If I was genetically engineering people to have kids, I'd make them want to have kids directly. It's a trait that seems to exist already, and dialing it up should be easier than creating something new. I suspect that it will happen by natural selection in a few generations.
- kbelder 4y agoYeah. Prior to birth control, evolution functioned by strengthening the desire to have sex. Since birth control, the trait being selected for is desire to reproduce, not desire for sex. And I suspect that evolutionary change will happen incredibly quickly; birth control is breeding the desire to procreate into our species (as opposed to the desire for intercourse).