Well, it's a curiosity. I was reading through one of the Friends of Humanity websites, and perusing a particular essay from an "expert in the field" who's trying to use Mendellian genetics to show how mutants will eventually replace humans as the majority of the population.
It's obvious that two baseline humans can produce a mutant child. That's most of us.
A mutant and a human can produce mutant children, or baseline humans like Dani's son Billy.
I wonder if there's ever been a case of two mutants producing a baseline human child. Because if not, then mathematically, assuming equal rates of reproduction among mutants and humans, it's completely possible that in time, mutants will outnumber non-mutants.
Of course, assuming a 25-year generation, we're looking at a timeline of centuries.
My thought exactly. And so far as I can figure it, the numbers are still on the side of mutation as an incredible rarity. Sure, the likelihood of having a mutant child is higher if one of the parents is also a mutant, but it's not a guarantee.
Now we just have to convince the FoH that we're not trying to use Marius to breed homo sapiens out of existence.
It's the same bullshit that they spout when they want creationism "intelligent design" taught in science class. It's all a purposeful misunderstanding of how it all works.
And for the record, neither of my parents are mutants.
It is not I the FOH should be worried about. The three spawn of one Cartier St. Croix to have reached the appropriate age of manifestation have, indeed, manifested. Perhaps this would be worrying if not for the fact that the current quality of mutations imply at least a 2 in 3 chance the FOH need only wait for the bloodline to implode.
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Date: 2007-11-28 07:29 pm (UTC)It's obvious that two baseline humans can produce a mutant child. That's most of us.
A mutant and a human can produce mutant children, or baseline humans like Dani's son Billy.
I wonder if there's ever been a case of two mutants producing a baseline human child. Because if not, then mathematically, assuming equal rates of reproduction among mutants and humans, it's completely possible that in time, mutants will outnumber non-mutants.
Of course, assuming a 25-year generation, we're looking at a timeline of centuries.
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Date: 2007-11-28 09:08 pm (UTC)And there's your problem right there. Even I know that Punnett Squares aren't going to explain heredity of the mutation.
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Date: 2007-11-28 09:11 pm (UTC)Now we just have to convince the FoH that we're not trying to use Marius to breed homo sapiens out of existence.
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Date: 2007-11-28 09:19 pm (UTC)creationism"intelligent design" taught in science class. It's all a purposeful misunderstanding of how it all works.And for the record, neither of my parents are mutants.
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Date: 2007-11-29 01:50 am (UTC)