Just to be well and truly fuckin clear. I am not now nor have I ever been nor will I ever be contemplating shagging a family member.

  • where_am_i@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    Ok, but why are recessive genes necessarily bad?

    Or, they probably aren’t, but it turns out when you activate them you get more bads than the goods. Why is that?

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      9 months ago

      Good question!

      They aren’t necessarily bad as such, just “random and unfiltered”.

      Dominant genes get “battle tested” all the time, by definition. The harmful ones are likely to result in a human that can’t survive or have children, while the good ones remain.