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Douglas Roberts-2

Uh, oh..

Take a look around you. Like what you see? I'm afraid this is as good as it's going to get, at least according to this guy:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4894696.ece

Of course, the proper perspective can be found at Slashdot:

http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/10/08/2239229.shtml

<a id="comment_link_25309333" name="comment_link_25309333" href="http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=989919&cid=25309333" onclick="return D2.setFocusComment(25309333)">How convenient! (<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/10/08/2239229.shtml#" onclick="getModalPrefs('modcommentlog', 'Moderation Comment Log', 25309333); return false">Score:5, Funny)

by rk (6314) * on Thursday October 09, @12:29AM (#25309333) Journal

Imagine that. Old guy scientist claims that old guys should bag young women. "But, baby, it's scientific!"

I immediately thought of this:

General "Buck" Turgidson: Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn't that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?

Dr. Strangelove: Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious... service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.

Ambassador de Sadesky: I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor.

<a id="comment_link_25309349" name="comment_link_25309349" href="http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=989919&cid=25309349" onclick="return D2.setFocusComment(25309349)">I accept my fate (<a href="http://science.slashdot.org/science/08/10/08/2239229.shtml#" onclick="getModalPrefs('modcommentlog', 'Moderation Comment Log', 25309349); return false">Score:5, Funny)

by JWSmythe (446288) * on Thursday October 09, @12:30AM (#25309349) Homepage Journal

I accept my fate. I will propagate with younger women, if for nothing else than to save our species. :)

Obligatory tie-in to favorite FRIAM discussion topics: Reductionism. Complexity. Emergent Behavior. ABM^B^B^B Self Awareness.

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Marcus G. Daniels

Re: Uh, oh..

Douglas Roberts wrote:
> Take a look around you. Like what you see? I'm afraid this is as
> good as it's going to get, at least according to this guy:
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4894696.ece
But there's more recombination now, e.g. from the low cost of travel.
Another source of change are from retroviral insertions. They say 5-8%
of the human genome is represents that.
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=387345
Then there's artificial gene therapy and genetic engineering..

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