NEFarmwife
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We were at the calving barn discussing upcoming AI and my FIL said he had watched a show about the number of frozen embryos from humans that have been stored for 20+ years. It was a mind blowing number.
He then went on to ask “how stupid” a child from those “old embryos” would be in today’s society “because they never grew up in the technology age”, they’d have to “catch up”.
I looked at him and had him repeat what he said, totally dumbfounded by what he just stated. Then went on to explain that no child born, has any technological skill set embedded in their DNA since the conception of our advanced technology.
To which he countered with “how come you can give a 2 year old an iPad and they can download and play games, I can’t even run a computer?!”
I said, It’s LEARNED behavior and you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
He said, those embryos are old too!
I can’t win. Ha. I’m still shaking my head. Pass the baton buddy, you’re not choosing bulls.
He then went on to ask “how stupid” a child from those “old embryos” would be in today’s society “because they never grew up in the technology age”, they’d have to “catch up”.
I looked at him and had him repeat what he said, totally dumbfounded by what he just stated. Then went on to explain that no child born, has any technological skill set embedded in their DNA since the conception of our advanced technology.
To which he countered with “how come you can give a 2 year old an iPad and they can download and play games, I can’t even run a computer?!”
I said, It’s LEARNED behavior and you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
He said, those embryos are old too!
I can’t win. Ha. I’m still shaking my head. Pass the baton buddy, you’re not choosing bulls.