tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951550829861093919.post2826596190737377436..comments2023-09-23T09:30:44.087-04:00Comments on Joffre The Giant: Father of Pill Prophesies: No Abortion By 2050! And Sex Just For Fun!Joffre The Gianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01768180753189024057noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7951550829861093919.post-70277386977418005952014-11-29T23:33:20.689-05:002014-11-29T23:33:20.689-05:00No abortions sounds fabulous. The rest of it sound...No abortions sounds fabulous. The rest of it sounds horrifying.<br /><br />Podkyne of Mars sort of had this. But they froze the embryos/ babies. They made the babies the regular way.<br /><br />However, I think the good Dr. is overestimating the Great God Science a bit. In vitro is really, really expensive and inefficient and I don't really see a good reason why it would vastly improve in the next 35 years. <br /><br />Also genetics isn't nearly as simple as people thought. Yeah they've mapped the genome. Only to discover that gene sequences are only the beginning of the story. People don't really have a good grasp on what makes humans and I don't really see how we ever will. Right now biologists can't make models because the math is too hardcore. They can't even handle the amount of data they generate. <br /><br />As to screening. I'm not familiar with any advances that would suddenly make screening fast cheap and efficient. Just taking something like cystic fibrosis, which is relatively well studied/ understood. Yes 90% + of the cases in the US have one mutation. But there are like 140 other mutations that have the same phenotype. And these are single point mutations. How are you ever going to screen a baby for all of that?<br /><br />As to no unwanted babies; I assume he's talking about tubal ligation and vastectomies as the means of sterilization. Both of these can spontaneously reverse. Granted the changes will be small, but not zero. Alchemisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17301716714719441961noreply@blogger.com