Discussion Can a panmictic society be achieved in humans?

[Genetic Dead End]

Panmixia, is the state in which there are no preferred traits in the selection of a mating partner in a given species. In other words, every member of a given species has an equal opportunity to mate (e.g albatross). The main advantage of this kind of breeding is reaching great genetic diversity through random acts of mating. On the other hand, non-panmictic species (humans) weed out the genetically and physically inferior when selecting a mate to reach the same outcome (genetic diversity) albeit, less efficiently.

 

[Words2_live_bye]

Probably not
unless forced by gun point
women will be women

 

[ThePlagueDoctor]

The current pattern of mating doesn’t exactly weed out genetically inferior traits either. Foids only want Chad, but because of the way genetics work, that offspring has the chance of inheriting the foids traits creating a male with feminine traits, ensuring he becomes a genetic dead end.

Additionally, genetic illnesses are still around, if those with a genetic illness agreed to not procreate the rate at which genetic illnesses appear will be significantly lowered(this might be wrong though idk much about eugenics). If this is correct, it’d be more ethical simply to lower the percentage of the population suffering from something that causes them lifelong pain.

tldr we already have a shitty version of mating so even if panmixia was achieved not much would change

 

[Bane of Arthropods]

Impossible. Humanity is more flawed than most animals.

 

[BraincelsRefugee]

Sounds unlikely, unless panmixia somehow becomes part of human biological programming then it will never happen because we are all animals, everything we do boils down to fulfilling our biological goals.

 

[Personalityinkwell]

Unlikely, why do you ask OP?

 

[ItsOver4cel]

The current pattern of mating doesn’t exactly weed out genetically inferior traits either. Foids only want Chad, but because of the way genetics work, that offspring has the chance of inheriting the foids traits creating a male with feminine traits, ensuring he becomes a genetic dead end.

Additionally, genetic illnesses are still around, if those with a genetic illness agreed to not procreate the rate at which genetic illnesses appear will be significantly lowered(this might be wrong though idk much about eugenics). If this is correct, it’d be more ethical simply to lower the percentage of the population suffering from something that causes them lifelong pain.

tldr we already have a shitty version of mating so even if panmixia was achieved not much would change

Number of words in the bible IQ

 

[Personalityinkwell]

The best we can hope for is "designer babies"

 

[BraincelsRefugee]

The best we can hope for is "designer babies"

I think foid standards will just adapt to an influx of designer babies. Happiness in humans is Sisyphus' boulder.

 

[Personalityinkwell]

I think foid standards will just adapt to an influx of designer babies. Happiness in humans is Sisyphus' boulder.

We might have to create artificial wombs then

 

[BraincelsRefugee]

We might have to create artificial wombs then

That could work.

Artificial wombs + Realistic sexdolls = Female obsolescence

 

[Personalityinkwell]

That could work.

Artificial wombs + Realistic sexdolls = Female obsolescence

ER would be so proud