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0, this would be completely unreliable give the non-genetic factors in personality. 1, it totally ignores that people care more for their own genetic offspring
by ivankirigin 19y ago
0, this would be completely unreliable give the non-genetic factors in personality.
1, it totally ignores that people care more for their own genetic offspring than for other kids.
2, people having kids aren't thinking about teenage conflict. People that do think long term think about relationships with adult children.
- amichail 19y agoWhy would your second statement be true? Parents don't care as much about their adopted children?
- ivankirigin 19y agoThe vast majority of people would prefer to have children than to adopt. The primal reason for having kids is continuing the genetic line. I don't think we've advanced far beyond that.
- amichail 19y agoI've always had doubts about evolutionary arguments like this. I somehow doubt people are all that concerned about their genetic line.
- euccastro 19y agoFollow up on that idea and you'll find out. :>
- ivankirigin 19y agoyou are a male without kids, right?
- rms 19y agoMaybe they don't outwardly think about their genetic line, but you can't dispute that the vast majority of people prefer to have biological children in the natural way.
- amichail 19y agoI think it has more to do with not trusting the genetics of other people's children. But extensive genetic testing can change that.
- rms 19y agoI have a strong desire for my offspring to have my genetic code. I know many other people with said desire. It just seems instinctual to me.
- amichail 19y agoThere's some randomness involved. Your biological children will not necessarily end up being anything like you.
- rms 19y agoYes, but they're a lot more likely to be like me or have elements of me than someone else's child. I realize that genetic testing (sequencing the entire genome?) means that I might be able to get someone else's child that is more like me than my own. But I'd still rather have my own biological child and I'd much rather have my own biological child with amped-up intelligence and mitochondria and cancer resistance. Genetic engineering is going to let us create perfect cookie cutter children if we want, but it's also going to add enormously to the lifespan of engineered children.
- amichail 19y agoA child may resent being genetically modified in any way. Moreover, a child may demand to be given to genetically similar parents.
- rms 19y agoI think it's more likely the children of poor people are going to resent dying 50 years earlier than their genetically modified peers. Still, I'm sure some children will resent being modified. There are likely to be a couple awkward generations as we reach post-humanity.
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