Quote (Subwoofer @ Jul 13 2012 01:07pm)
they should still be sterilized. like if you have huntingtons disease you have no damn right to bring a child into this world that has a 50% chance of being afflicted and continuing the disease line.
For one, I think it should be
voluntary but maybe after informed consent. Avoids a few ethical contradictions.
Quote (Jp2050 @ Jul 13 2012 01:00pm)
Today and in the future brain power/intelligence will be the most heavily selected trait.
200 years ago a deformed cripple had little to no value to society.
Today with the proper education and healthcare they can live a near normal lifespan and hold jobs/contribute to the economy and society.
I disagree. The most heavily selected trait is and, if the rules stay the same, will always be reproductive fitness.
Intelligence may be an accurate gauge for usefulness to society but not for selection. Nature doesn't select for the 'best' per se, but what is adequate to persist, especially since we destroy competition to widen our niche and curb the specificity of selection. Intelligence is great, but you can have a lot of offspring without it.
I'm thinking that smart people rarely have the most children and when they do don't always pass that trait on to their children, genetically and/or behaviorally/idealogically.
I'm thinking relentlessness or persistentness toward goals idealogically would be a trait more in tune with selection, currently.