"I wonder if there will be a group that uses genetic modification to keep from evolving because they like our current form?"

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"I wonder if there will be a group that uses genetic modification to keep from evolving because they like our current form?"

ER — 6/20/2008 3:08:57 PM (archived)

We already have something like that, except they prefer selective breeding. They're called racists.

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Interstellar travel - Raoul - 6/18/2008 8:22:41 PM
- Interstellar travel - by Oort cloud comet stop overs. - Robert Clark - 6/24/2008 4:37:51 PM
- It's programming. - Bowser - 6/19/2008 3:46:48 AM
  - We're on a SHIP NOW - carl - 6/19/2008 9:06:49 PM
    - re: We're on a SHIP NOW - ER - 6/20/2008 3:08:31 PM
      - re: We're on a SHIP NOW - Socrates II - 6/20/2008 3:49:49 PM
        
        re: We're on a SHIP NOW. Socrates II - Marcia - 6/22/2008 5:56:14 AM
        
        Uh, yeah, but... - Socrates II - 6/23/2008 2:02:37 PM
        
        HOW MUCH MORE Consumables? - carl - 6/20/2008 8:33:54 PM
        
        re: HOW MUCH MORE Consumables? - REB - 6/20/2008 8:59:11 PM
        
        Humans occupy an extremely small surface on the Earth - Raoul - 6/20/2008 11:31:09 PM
        
        re: Humans occupy an extremely small surface on the Earth - Marcia - 6/22/2008 4:29:00 AM
- re: Interstellar travel - TB - 6/18/2008 10:05:12 PM
  - re: Interstellar travel - Mr Fibuli - 6/20/2008 3:20:45 AM
    - "Turning the ship around" will almost certainly not be an option, - ER - 6/20/2008 12:38:12 PM
      - re: "Turning the ship around" will almost certainly not be an option, - Marcia - 6/22/2008 3:13:08 AM
        
        re: "Turning the ship around" - Spell check: Gallician. - Marcia - 6/22/2008 3:17:14 AM
        
        re: "Turning the ship around" - Spell check: Oh, gosh... - Marcia - 6/22/2008 3:21:44 AM
        
        This just shows... - Socrates II - 6/23/2008 2:09:49 PM
        
        re: This just shows... - Marcia - 6/24/2008 11:08:18 PM
        
        re: This just shows... - Marcia - 6/24/2008 11:12:04 PM
  - Using asteroids. - REB - 6/19/2008 4:49:58 PM
  - re: Interstellar travel - ER - 6/19/2008 1:01:36 AM
    - The Catch-22 of generation star travel - TB - 6/19/2008 2:06:54 AM
  - re: Interstellar travel - Marcia - 6/18/2008 10:19:22 PM
    - Interstellar Reconnaissance - Lee - 6/18/2008 11:48:53 PM
- re: Interstellar travel - Marcia - 6/18/2008 8:52:33 PM
  - re: Interstellar travel - Raoul - 6/18/2008 9:07:59 PM
    - re: Interstellar travel. - I know. - Marcia - 6/18/2008 9:17:48 PM
      - re: Interstellar travel. - I know. - JEKing - 6/19/2008 3:00:05 AM
        
        re: Interstellar travel. - I know. - Marcia - 6/19/2008 3:12:07 AM
        
        re: Interstellar travel. - I know. - JEKing - 6/19/2008 6:26:50 PM
        
        re: Interstellar travel. - I just posted a reply and somehow it got lost. - Marcia - 6/22/2008 12:25:40 AM
        
        re: Interstellar travel. - I just posted a reply and somehow it got lost. - Marcia - 6/22/2008 12:27:38 AM
        
        re: Interstellar travel. - I just posted a reply and somehow it got lost. - Marcia - 6/22/2008 2:28:02 AM
        
        re: Interstellar travel. - I just posted a reply and somehow it got lost. - JEKing - 6/23/2008 5:37:44 AM
        
        re: Interstellar travel. - I just posted a reply and somehow it got lost. - Marcia - 6/24/2008 11:15:18 PM
        
        If our descendants feel "at home" in space... - Raoul - 6/19/2008 6:59:37 PM
        
        re: If our descendants feel "at home" in space... - JEKing - 6/20/2008 3:22:08 AM
        
        One thing most older SF about multigenerational starships did not address - Socrates II - 6/20/2008 2:45:01 PM
        
        re: One thing most older SF about multigenerational starships did not address - REB - 6/20/2008 3:20:14 PM
        
        aging - JEKing - 6/21/2008 2:10:03 AM
        
        It takes a village. - ER - 6/20/2008 3:03:54 PM
        
        One thing the members of an interstellar ark will have... - Socrates II - 6/20/2008 4:03:06 PM
        
        Goals Can Change - Mr Fibuli - 6/21/2008 3:12:21 AM
        
        re: Goals Can Change - Marcia - 6/22/2008 4:18:44 AM
        
        re: Goals Can Change - Mr Fibuli - 6/23/2008 2:15:40 AM
        
        I'm ejecting Harry out the airlock - Socrates II - 6/23/2008 2:56:10 PM
        
        re: I'm ejecting Harry out the airlock - Mr Fibuli - 6/24/2008 1:34:20 AM
        
        One thing Harry doesn't know... - TB - 6/24/2008 1:52:39 PM
        
        Oh - Socrates II - 6/24/2008 4:12:37 AM
        
        "Hijack the starship!" -- Jefferson Starship ("Blows Against the Empire") - ER - 6/21/2008 3:28:26 PM
        
        An easy solution. - Lee - 6/21/2008 4:27:01 PM
        
        "Historical baggage" for cultural evolution is a lot like "genetic baggage" for biological evolution - TB - 6/23/2008 3:31:30 AM
        
        That's kind of my point. - Lee - 6/23/2008 2:27:29 PM
        
        Excellent points about the selected elite - ER - 6/23/2008 1:22:18 PM
        
        Good post. Not news to a California dweller, of course. - TB - 6/24/2008 1:47:54 AM
        
        How about the "Shady Flea Road"? (n/t) - ER - 6/24/2008 3:20:31 AM
        
        re: How about the "Shady Flea Road"? - TB - 6/24/2008 2:04:15 PM
        
        re: An easy solution. - Mr Fibuli - 6/22/2008 3:20:03 AM
        
        Ship of Fools - ER - 6/22/2008 11:26:28 AM
        
        re: Ship of Fools - Lee - 6/22/2008 6:52:25 PM
        
        re: Ship of Fools - ER - 6/22/2008 9:57:49 PM
        
        Marcia may have a point... - TB - 6/23/2008 3:45:18 AM
        
        re: Marcia may have a point... - Marcia - 6/24/2008 11:24:36 PM
        
        re: An easy solution - I have one... - Marcia - 6/22/2008 5:47:34 AM
        
        Brain washing? - Lee - 6/22/2008 4:41:25 AM
        
        re: Brain washing? - Mr Fibuli - 6/23/2008 2:34:49 AM
        
        Depends I guess - Lee - 6/23/2008 2:31:31 PM
        
        The Young Pioneers: Starship Youth. - ER - 6/21/2008 5:24:29 PM
        
        Sure it would work. - Lee - 6/21/2008 5:52:27 PM
        
        It might work, but it should never be attempted. - ER - 6/21/2008 7:28:23 PM
        
        A clean slate isn't creepy. - Lee - 6/22/2008 12:09:39 AM
        
        We need to send hippies. - ER - 6/22/2008 3:45:17 AM
        
        Depends on who's doing the engineering. - Lee - 6/22/2008 4:48:35 AM
        
        re: Depends on who's doing the engineering. - Marcia - 6/22/2008 5:31:03 AM
        
        A question. - Lee - 6/22/2008 3:24:42 PM
        
        re: A question. - Marcia - 6/24/2008 11:19:57 PM
        
        re: A clean slate isn't creepy. - Yes, I get it. - Marcia - 6/22/2008 2:32:59 AM
        
        I will say it one more time - Socrates II - 6/23/2008 2:00:24 PM
        
        re: I will say it one more time. - :) (n/t) - Marcia - 6/24/2008 11:21:00 PM
        
        Our space faring descendants will probably evolve into different groups. - REB - 6/20/2008 2:11:03 PM
        
        re: Our space faring descendants will probably evolve into different groups. - Lee - 6/21/2008 4:10:53 PM
        
        "I wonder if there will be a group that uses genetic modification to keep from evolving because they like our current form?" - ER - 6/20/2008 3:08:57 PM
        
        You know that despite all these arguments of logic and reason and physical reality - Socrates II - 6/19/2008 8:21:47 PM

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