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we are going to become very good at this. eliminating genetic errors, choosing to be straight, tall, etc


Reminds me of that story about the casting of Patrick Stewart as Picard. Apparently Roddenberry originally had in mind a youthful, virogous figure much like William Shatner was for Kirk. So Stewart auditioned in a toupee to compensate for his baldness. An impressed Roddenberry realised that the toupee was pointless. Later when a reporter asked him why baldness hadn't been cured by the 24th Century, he said that society would be so advanced that no one would care anymore.


We need to be extremely careful with what we consider “errors”. We’ve been through this before and it never ends well.


...blonde, blue-eyed, round-eyed, strong-jawed, big-dicked, big boobed, you name it, you can have it!


Five out of six ain’t bad. Though, if my man boobs get a bit bigger…


As long as you can pay for it. Not everybody can drive Ferrari. (Or rephrasing a USSR movie quote - A society without an upper/lower differentiator has no purpose)


[Mutual] Happiness isn't a purpose?


> big-dicked, big boobed

And Facebook is already, with no ironic self-awareness, showing me ads for both.


The irony will be that once everybody is that, it won't be attractive.


Homosexuality is not genetic.


Interesting.

Where do traits that aren't genetic come from then?


It's complicated. The most compelling theory is that several genes might have a bit of an influence paired with the hormonal conditions in the womb. Here's an overview:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic_theories_of_homosex...





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