RE: We must de-stigmatize eugenics
August 15, 2018 at 11:45 pm
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2018 at 11:46 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(August 15, 2018 at 11:21 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: At some point, humans will have to re-engineer some of the population to re-occupy vacant slots in the bio-sphere due to human predation and/or loss of habitat to various currently extant useful species.
I'd say an early variant to be engineered would be a human derived, but non-sentient, replacement for cattle. Meat eating will always be a demand of the populace, and this is how that issue can be fixed.
A human derived 'food' animal would be designed to survive and thrive on a very inferior/subsistence diet and yet remain tasty, nutritious, and tender to eat.
I'd note the nations basements are filled with prototypes even today. Overweight game addicts would have some useful genes for this project. A little work on flavor and survivability, and you'd have it. I also note, they would have to be docile and easy to subdue. Shouldn't be too hard to dial in something very successful.
With a little more work, descendants of apes who went down the dead end of growing an enormously wasteful brain can be converted back into vegetables through exposure to the miracle of Christianity.
(August 15, 2018 at 11:33 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(August 15, 2018 at 11:21 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: At some point, humans will have to re-engineer some of the population to re-occupy vacant slots in the bio-sphere due to human predation and/or loss of habitat to various currently extant useful species.
I'd say an early variant to be engineered would be a human derived, but non-sentient, replacement for cattle. Meat eating will always be a demand of the populace, and this is how that issue can be fixed.
A human derived 'food' animal would be designed to survive and thrive on a very inferior/subsistence diet and yet remain tasty, nutritious, and tender to eat.
I'd note the nations basements are filled with prototypes even today. Overweight game addicts would have some useful genes for this project. A little work on flavor and survivability, and you'd have it. I also note, they would have to be docile and easy to subdue. Shouldn't be too hard to dial in something very successful.
Too much marble, not enough muscle.
I would not call what is there between the ears “marbles”.
