Would you consent to a scientifically arranged marriage based on genomes and the future of the human race?

Yes, with a few provisions :) if I can .... I'm assuming that we really need to do this because we've corrupted our gene pool by keeping alive and breeding with people who would have died if not for massive amounts of medical interference. I would accept a "breeding marriage partner" who I was expected to have babies with ( but maybe by then they have artifical wombs - I am female I would have to carry and survive the pregancies ) IF I could also have a "love marriage partner". I am allowed to live with and love whomever I please but I must produce babies from another partner.

Monogomy would not be important in my world if I was expected to breed for genes. I would have to accept society changing to allow both types of partnerships. I actually think people would accept some form of breeding program if this were the case .... I don't know of a program that does this type of testing at the moment.PS - I love Gattaca, its one of my favorite movies!

I don't think I would be in favor of this unless there was some horrific disaster which wiped out the human race and left people sterile. If this were to happen I would imagine it would be important for testing to occur to 1. ) establish who could and could not have children, 2.) who would be able to create more genetically appropriate children for the new world that was created, and 3.

) be able to reproduce effectively enough to facilitate repopulating the human race. I think these would be the situations where science would be warranted to arrange marriages. However, this question implies a whole other topic of conversation: Where is the state of marriage heading?

With divorce rates skyrocketing over the last 20 years it seems that nothing is sacred. Perhaps marriage will one day just be a title where it is acceptable for two people to have kids without others turning their nose up at them. If this is the case, I don't see what it would be totally illogical to expect that science will one day determine who is qualified to marry the other based on genetics.

That being said, I am still a hopeless romantic and wait for the day when marriage regains its spender. Hopefully the divorce rates start to go down and people really evaluate what those vows mean and it can be seen, once again, as a sacred bond centered around understanding, devotion, and URL1 matter how advanced science becomes I don't think DNA will ever be able to determine if two people will fall in love with each other.

Kty2777, I like your thought process. I guess my only issue on your first topic is that most of us get married and fall in love, to have children with that person we love. On your second topic, some of us find one partner that we love.

I have always said to completely love someone you must give your all to them. You can’t do this with multiple ‘loves’, simultaneously. @tonesofgray, marriage may not be sacred to everyone.

But there are those of us who still believe it is worth keeping. I think the reason why there are so many divorces is because they get married too early (notice I did not say too young). They don’t fully know the person they want to get married to, and when they do, things are just a little different living with them.

Now, my thoughts: Absolutely not. 1)What if the science is wrong?!?! 2)What if the science is wrong?!?!3)What if the science is wrong?!?!4)It isn’t ‘much better’ (I use this phrase loosely) than parents giving children orders, or forced marriages.5)I like the idea of choice.

If my DNA said I was good for car manufacturing but I like to sew, I would be forced to do what my DNA thought was good for me, and not something I liked. This reminds me of those occupation tests we took in middle school and high school. I don’t remember what mine was…but I didn’t like it.6)For those who have minor health problems, minor asthma for me, would I be allowed to reproduce?

Also my husband has a heart ‘flutter’ I think. Would we both not be allowed to produce?7)What if the science is wrong?!?!

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.