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How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
#21
RE: How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
(July 3, 2018 at 1:08 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:
(July 3, 2018 at 1:05 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: You do realize you contradicted yourself in this post when you said she has bad qualities and great genes.

I mean, you can have great genes and still be a cunt or an asshole.  Having good genes doesn't define a good person, unless you think that one's genetic makeup encompasses everything about a person's personality.

I disagree. A cunt or asshole probably has poor genes for personality.
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#22
RE: How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
(July 3, 2018 at 1:10 pm)Alexmahone Wrote:
(July 3, 2018 at 1:08 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I mean, you can have great genes and still be a cunt or an asshole.  Having good genes doesn't define a good person, unless you think that one's genetic makeup encompasses everything about a person's personality.

I disagree. A cunt or asshole probably has poor genes for personality.

You think that a person's personality is 100% defined by genetics?
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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#23
RE: How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
I don't really accept that as upbringing has a huge role to play in personality
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.

Inuit Proverb

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#24
RE: How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
(July 3, 2018 at 1:11 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:
(July 3, 2018 at 1:10 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: I disagree. A cunt or asshole probably has poor genes for personality.

You think that a person's personality is 100% defined by genetics?

No. Hence the "probably".
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#25
RE: How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
(July 3, 2018 at 1:28 pm)Alexmahone Wrote:
(July 3, 2018 at 1:11 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: You think that a person's personality is 100% defined by genetics?

No. Hence the "probably".

So, then someone could be an asshole, who has great genes.  Hence my point.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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#26
RE: How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
(July 3, 2018 at 1:30 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote:
(July 3, 2018 at 1:28 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: No. Hence the "probably".

So, then someone could be an asshole, who has great genes.  Hence my point.

Agreed.

But that shouldn't matter, because the good genes are what will be passed on to the kids. (Although the "asshole-ness" could result in a damaging environment for the kids.)
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#27
RE: How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
I'm still not sure exactly what your point is. You called it a contradiction to say that someone can have good qualities and bad genes - and I pointed out that a person's quality is not encompassed by their genes.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
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#28
RE: How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
(July 3, 2018 at 1:05 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:
(July 3, 2018 at 12:55 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Let’s see, she lies a lot, has awful temper and bland personality, but hey, she’s fertile and has got great genes.

And she's got huuuuge.... tracts of land.

Indeed. Its the scot part of us exploring the hillside.
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#29
RE: How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
(July 3, 2018 at 1:55 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I'm still not sure exactly what your point is.  You called it a contradiction to say that someone can have good qualities and bad genes - and I pointed out that a person's quality is not encompassed by their genes.

My point is that only a person's genes are passed on to the next generation, not necessarily all their qualities. So, it would be wise to ignore a few personality flaws in a person provided they have great genes. And you don't even need to meet a person to determine if they have good genes; you just need their DNA. I just happen to believe that good genes in a partner are more important than superficial qualities.

Edit: This is true only if your end goal is making a healthy baby. If you're just using the dating process as a surrogate for companionship, personality and looks would trump genes.
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#30
RE: How will genomics affect dating and marriages?
(June 30, 2018 at 12:44 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: How will genomics affect dating and marriages? If people get their genomes sequenced and are willing to share the results with their potential partners, won't the whole concept of dating become redundant?

“See how she leans her cheek upon the test swab!
O that I were a latex glove upon that sample,
That I might cum again in her marker! “
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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