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<blockquote data-quote="BAGTIC" data-source="post: 507972" data-attributes="member: 3757"><p>The AI guy may have decided that others were better at it than he was, or faster and more efficient, or it was not as interesting as he first thought it might have been, or he may simply have decided that his time was worth more when devoted to some other necessary task than when AI'ing cows which a lot of technicians could do as well.</p><p></p><p>As for inbreeding its value lies in the ability to uncover recessive undesirable genes. If one gets bad offspring one loses some value on them but one also learns that the undesirable genes are present and the sire and dam themselves can be removed from the breeding herd creating future longterm benefits. Without this knowledge one will continue spreading unwanted genetics though the herd. As with any contagion the carriers need to be identified and then isolated. Modern genetics makes it possible to identify some genetic traits but not all in the laboratory. For many it is still necessary to resort to empirical field research.</p><p></p><p>We should also remember that we are breeding <span style="color: #FF8080">animals</span>, not humans and the traditional rules of human incest morality are not involved. It is a matter of science. Both science and moral tradition have their place but they are not universally interchangeable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BAGTIC, post: 507972, member: 3757"] The AI guy may have decided that others were better at it than he was, or faster and more efficient, or it was not as interesting as he first thought it might have been, or he may simply have decided that his time was worth more when devoted to some other necessary task than when AI'ing cows which a lot of technicians could do as well. As for inbreeding its value lies in the ability to uncover recessive undesirable genes. If one gets bad offspring one loses some value on them but one also learns that the undesirable genes are present and the sire and dam themselves can be removed from the breeding herd creating future longterm benefits. Without this knowledge one will continue spreading unwanted genetics though the herd. As with any contagion the carriers need to be identified and then isolated. Modern genetics makes it possible to identify some genetic traits but not all in the laboratory. For many it is still necessary to resort to empirical field research. We should also remember that we are breeding [color=#FF8080]animals[/color], not humans and the traditional rules of human incest morality are not involved. It is a matter of science. Both science and moral tradition have their place but they are not universally interchangeable. [/QUOTE]
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