Ethical & Theological question: Should Vincent ever have a child?

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Couldnt he have a kid through eugenics that erased those risks, the same way that his parents did to have his brother? He wouldnt be any worse off than his parents.

Theological question? I guess the theological answer would be that whatever you try to control the situation, only God decides which genes will be passed on. So good luck with that.

A lack of genetic diversity brings down the robustness of a population of the species, and hence reduces the chances of survival of the species in case of sudden environmental changes.
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_bottleneck

A simple example to illustrate the idea: if, say, a sudden climate change forces a tribe to switch from deer-hunting to fishing, but the tribe had throughout the years selected only right-handed children who would excel at spear-throwing and had always killed off all left-handed/ambidextrous children who wouldn't be good at spear-throwing but who would have excelled at a two-handed job like angling, then the tribe might not survive.

A society should embrace the genetic diversity that it can sustain.


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