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To: E who wrote (33673)	4/4/1999 9:36:00 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

The blindness was accidental -- an explosion in the lab and not his fault. The ugly genes turned out to be recessive, I guess, or just did n't score in the offspring. I welcome ugliness and even blindness genes in the population to if they permit ambitious people like DB to improve their stocks the way she did. Blind ambition like her husband had which mates with women who can overlook ugliness and shortness to push her offspring to the top of the competition for success should never be bred out of the gene pool. My model for selective breeding is the Sheep Dog (Border Collie) in Scotland. Any dog that wins the field herding competition is champion, regardless of his heredity. Border collies usually win, and field champions are bred to champions so a race of border collies looking pretty much alike has emerged that are marked by powerful herding genes (inherited not long ago from wolves). Dogs that don't herd effectively (lose field trials) are dropped from the pool and sold to people who want pets or drowned. Ugly, big, or small (but not vicious -- a sheep dog may not bite a sheep and win) the champions do one thing well and are continually selected for that one thing. It turns out that Border Collies are also extraordinarily beautiful to dog fanciers and make a gorgeous show dog. It turns out that they are so easy to train (supposed to be the smartest (most trainable breed)) they are wonderful at frisbee competition. It also turns out that they dominate the flyball competition teams. They're fast and quick and love to compete. Moreover, anyone who's owned a border collie and worked him hard enough had a lovable and admirable friend. Breeding for success in one narrow trait need not select for other undesirable traits as unintended side effects. The same may be true of people, but they need a lot more work. I prefer Spot (my Border Collie) to any ball player I've ever known. Smarter and he doesn't mess up hotel rooms.