Tim_Tyler comments on Not for the Sake of Happiness (Alone) - Less Wrong
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Re: genetic immortality via customized cockroaches:
Junk DNA isn't immortal. It is overwritten by mutations, LINEs and SINEs, etc. In a geological eyeblink, the useless chromosomes would be simply deleted - rendering the proposal ineffective.