Re:It’s time to break up the Ivy League cartel
by thaumasiotes on Saturday June 12, 2021 @05:49AM
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There's plenty left to be directly determined by nature after setting maximum values.
You've got far more food than you need. You can't get any taller -- what do you do with it? Should you eat it at all?
How resilient should you be to less-than-ideal input? Say it's unseasonably cold for a few months. Should you get shorter, or is it better to just give up and die?
You don't have enough food. You're not in any danger of starving, but you're not going to reach maximum height, IQ, _and_ athleticism. Which trait(s) should be lowered? By how much?
Genetics doesn't just specify the maximum outcome. It specifies the entire set of possibilities, and how those possibilities are reached.
You've got far more food than you need. You can't get any taller -- what do you do with it? Should you eat it at all?
How resilient should you be to less-than-ideal input? Say it's unseasonably cold for a few months. Should you get shorter, or is it better to just give up and die?
You don't have enough food. You're not in any danger of starving, but you're not going to reach maximum height, IQ, _and_ athleticism. Which trait(s) should be lowered? By how much?
Genetics doesn't just specify the maximum outcome. It specifies the entire set of possibilities, and how those possibilities are reached.