The missing generation.

[Askold]

Originally Posted by ArmySGT.

No.

I don't see the point in disappearing children to repopulate a devastated American population with known inheritable disorders.

The surviving population is suffering radiation poisoning as well as genetic disorders due to radiation exposure. The rate of spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) is going to be very high among survivors of child bearing age. Bring these children out of cryosleep at war day + 10 years, 20 years, and 30 years allows a phase in of healthy stock. Stock which by the way would have to survive the "Typhoid Mary's" in the war survivors too.

a) That would still count as eugenics.
b) If you were only interested in not having genetic disorders why did you specify picking donors with education, achievements and success?


Stormlion1:
Ooh, good point about farm animals, some stored sperm for cows, horses etc. just in case the breeding stock has become too small.

[stormlion1]

Originally Posted by Askold

a) That would still count as eugenics.
b) If you were only interested in not having genetic disorders why did you specify picking donors with education, achievements and success?


Stormlion1:
Ooh, good point about farm animals, some stored sperm for cows, horses etc. just in case the breeding stock has become too small.

Actually that is in one of the books I think. Fall Back if I remember correctly.

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by stormlion1

Actually that is in one of the books I think. Fall Back if I remember correctly.

Correct. There is a "agricultural recovery" site run by the Morrow Project.

[kato13]

Originally Posted by Askold

a) That would still count as eugenics.
b) If you were only interested in not having genetic disorders why did you specify picking donors with education, achievements and success?

While I suppose such filtration or source DNA would technically be eugenics, I think it is par for the course in general when people are choosing samples to use. My experience in this area is limited to cliches used in television, but wanting a donor who is successful (say a Harvard Grad) seems to be the norm.

That gets a little weird for me in terms or projects goals to do in humans. IVF within the project would be complicated and expensive (as it is in real life). I can see some use in animals, but I think that is about as far as my project would go in that area.

I suppose the final decision would depend on my timeline and if there was some project "magic" that made it cost effective.

[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by Askold

a) That would still count as eugenics.
b) If you were only interested in not having genetic disorders why did you specify picking donors with education, achievements and success?


Stormlion1:
Ooh, good point about farm animals, some stored sperm for cows, horses etc. just in case the breeding stock has become too small.

Simply because this is the "Donation" criteria for a sperm bank.

Minimum a Bachelors Degree, minimum income threshold (waived for Graduate students), free of congenital disorders.