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Comment author: Larks 01 October 2014 02:24:33AM 3 points [-]

I wonder if advances in embryo selection might reduce fertility. At the moment I think one of the few things keeping the birth rate up is people thinking of it as the default. But embryo selection seems like it could interrupt this: a clearly superior option might make having children naturally less of a default option, but with using embryo selection novel enough to seem like a discretionary choice, and therefor not replacing it.

Comment author: KatjaGrace 01 October 2014 02:38:28AM 2 points [-]

Interesting thought. I wonder if there are historical analogs we can look to for evidence on this - I can't think of any off the top of my head.