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Comment by lostlogin

2 days ago

Older fathers increase the chance of autism, schizophrenia et al.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternal_age_effect

Obviously you would use sperm harvested while they were still young, and kept frozen for 60 years.

  • But then you wouldn't necessarily know that their current sperm is valuable.

    A better method would be to confine the program to monozygotic twin pairs of young women with spotless genetic heritage, and inseminate one twin with frozen sperm and the other with current sperm. The "current sperm" child (CS) could be closely monitored, and the "frozen sperm" (FS) child fitted with an explosive chastity device which, in the event that CS is found to have developmental issues, are remotely-detonated to ensure the tainted line does not persist.

    Simple-as.

    • I think you missed the idea. Your explosive device could still come in handy though.

      But you freeze the sperm at the peak of freshness. Then you wait and see how the donor does. If they live to a ripe old age without old age diseases, then go select their sperm. Otherwise, destroy it.

      You can probably do this with eggs too. When a child is desired, select an egg and a sperm off the shelf, and there you go. Easy peasy. Your device ensures only munitions experts can procreate outside the system, and I think we'll need a lot of munitions experts in the ensuing generations.

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