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I don't see a problem. A man having hundreds of kids happened before in the history, and at the scale of modern global population is very insignificant. If the

I don't see a problem. A man having hundreds of kids happened before in the history, and at the scale of modern global population is very insignificant. If the guy has good genes, might be net positive for everyone.

mikestew 3y ago
Might want to re-read TFA, "the problem" is clearly spelled out: They are asked to limit the number of times they offer their services, to reduce the chance that siblings might unknowingly form a couple and have children together.
nashashmi 3y ago
And what determines good genes? Before it used to be ability to fight in wars and lead armies.
- 77pt77 3y ago
  You already have people here saying shorter is a big no no!
  - nashashmi 3y ago
    That’s the thing. These are personal choices and preferences make. Taller trait is an appearance prefered. Might as well also select blond hair green eyes.
    - 77pt77 3y ago
      And these preferences are incredibly innate and not modulated by culture like many people have thought through the ages.
- xboxnolifes 3y ago
  Low predisposition to genetic diseases, good immune system / don't get sick often, not having many/any allergies, being rather smart is at least a decent signal to having any genetic portion of intelligence. The things that basically everyone would want to have if they could choose.
  - nashashmi 3y ago
    Changing them to personal preferences rather than survival of the fittest does not look like evolution of winning nations.
    - xboxnolifes 3y ago
      In what universe is having a dumb, sickly population the most rational move for having a productive nation? Seems like the individual wants and collective wants align here. You also did not ask for what genes are the most survival of the fittest / evolution of a nation, so, I did not respond with such an answer. Nothing was "changed" here.
      - nashashmi 3y ago
        The universe that should not have a nation similar to what the future nation in the fox series fringe looks like.
blacksmith_tb 3y ago
That might be true if they were evenly distributed across the world, but as they'll be clustered rather tightly near the donor, the chances of them unknowingly having kids together goes up quite a bit. Part of our aversion to that is probably just cultural, but genetics could be a problem.

mikestew 3y ago

Might want to re-read TFA, "the problem" is clearly spelled out: They are asked to limit the number of times they offer their services, to reduce the chance that siblings might unknowingly form a couple and have children together.

nashashmi 3y ago

And what determines good genes? Before it used to be ability to fight in wars and lead armies.

77pt77 3y ago
You already have people here saying shorter is a big no no!
- nashashmi 3y ago
  That’s the thing. These are personal choices and preferences make. Taller trait is an appearance prefered. Might as well also select blond hair green eyes.
  - 77pt77 3y ago
    And these preferences are incredibly innate and not modulated by culture like many people have thought through the ages.
xboxnolifes 3y ago
Low predisposition to genetic diseases, good immune system / don't get sick often, not having many/any allergies, being rather smart is at least a decent signal to having any genetic portion of intelligence. The things that basically everyone would want to have if they could choose.
- nashashmi 3y ago
  Changing them to personal preferences rather than survival of the fittest does not look like evolution of winning nations.
  - xboxnolifes 3y ago
    In what universe is having a dumb, sickly population the most rational move for having a productive nation? Seems like the individual wants and collective wants align here. You also did not ask for what genes are the most survival of the fittest / evolution of a nation, so, I did not respond with such an answer. Nothing was "changed" here.
    - nashashmi 3y ago
      The universe that should not have a nation similar to what the future nation in the fox series fringe looks like.

blacksmith_tb 3y ago

That might be true if they were evenly distributed across the world, but as they'll be clustered rather tightly near the donor, the chances of them unknowingly having kids together goes up quite a bit. Part of our aversion to that is probably just cultural, but genetics could be a problem.