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Old 12-December-2007, 04:59 PM
Spock Jenkins Spock Jenkins is offline
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One question would be that if we use our medical and technical knowledge to overcome genetic definciencies so that all of our bad genetic mutations survive to reproduce - do we effectively stop evolution? Perhaps better described as proliferation of the fit enough.

Will the forced reproduction of bad genetic mututations lead to our demise as a species years down the road? I know 50 - 100 years ago - I wouldn't have survived to reproduce, but I now have three children and the prospect for a normal life expectency. I like to think this is a good thing, but is it really in the long run?
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