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<blockquote data-quote="Zombie_Babies" data-source="post: 6221878" data-attributes="member: 6750039"><p>Actually, the Nazi stuff I was talking about didn't really care about weeding out undesirables. The goal was to achieve a perfect Aryan race and they did so by taking select SS members and pairing them with Scandanavian women who fit the profile. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You can't just go for looks, though. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>Aside from that the challenges posed are pretty daunting and you'd be asking the participants to give up a crapton of privacy. Just cuz someone is hawt and brainy doesn't mean they're a good genetic example. Sure, the odds point to it but there could be something sinister lurking in their DNA that you'd wanna know about before using them in a eugenics program. It would take quite a bit of research to determine a candidates true viability and it'll raise a lot of questions, too. Like what <em>isn't </em>good enough? They have a great family heart and cancer history, say, and their brains and body check out A spec but they're nearsighted. Is that enough to boot them? I think depending upon what you're looking for and how voluntary you'd like to keep it (sounds like you're at an admirable 100% there) you're probably gonna have a real small group of folks and the odds of them actually pairing properly at that point are gonna be slim.</p><p></p><p>Quite simply, people are squicky about this stuff and for good reason. Hell, it could easily be you that's left on the outside looking in at all that fine bodied, big brained action. And there could be other consequences as well. Purebred dogs, for example, have a lot of problems a lot of mutts just don't have - not that we're dogs. The thing is, our understanding of this, for the most part, isn't sufficient to avoid those pitfalls. Hell, if you really wanna do this voluntary pairing could be right out. Two otherwise perfect candidates both carry a recessive trait but are in love - then what? It's just not a good project. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zombie_Babies, post: 6221878, member: 6750039"] Actually, the Nazi stuff I was talking about didn't really care about weeding out undesirables. The goal was to achieve a perfect Aryan race and they did so by taking select SS members and pairing them with Scandanavian women who fit the profile. You can't just go for looks, though. :p Aside from that the challenges posed are pretty daunting and you'd be asking the participants to give up a crapton of privacy. Just cuz someone is hawt and brainy doesn't mean they're a good genetic example. Sure, the odds point to it but there could be something sinister lurking in their DNA that you'd wanna know about before using them in a eugenics program. It would take quite a bit of research to determine a candidates true viability and it'll raise a lot of questions, too. Like what [I]isn't [/I]good enough? They have a great family heart and cancer history, say, and their brains and body check out A spec but they're nearsighted. Is that enough to boot them? I think depending upon what you're looking for and how voluntary you'd like to keep it (sounds like you're at an admirable 100% there) you're probably gonna have a real small group of folks and the odds of them actually pairing properly at that point are gonna be slim. Quite simply, people are squicky about this stuff and for good reason. Hell, it could easily be you that's left on the outside looking in at all that fine bodied, big brained action. And there could be other consequences as well. Purebred dogs, for example, have a lot of problems a lot of mutts just don't have - not that we're dogs. The thing is, our understanding of this, for the most part, isn't sufficient to avoid those pitfalls. Hell, if you really wanna do this voluntary pairing could be right out. Two otherwise perfect candidates both carry a recessive trait but are in love - then what? It's just not a good project. :p [/QUOTE]
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