Genetics: Is your type heritable?

I'm not sure if types are heritable completely, but I think that there is probably at least some larger chance that there will be at least one shared function set. As for your family, it's possible that they're mistyped, that you're mistyped. The opposite is also possible. Maybe we'll find some answers one day.

leon

This hypothetical scenario is quite unrealistic in my opinion. They'll die off due to inbreeding sooner or later, so we can't carry out the experiment.

And plus, if there is indeed a genetic link, they would need to be pure TeSi with no other ancestors if they were to breed only TeSi children. And there could still be genetic mutation: a pure TeSi society would collapse on itself sooner or later, though it might last longer than others. I mean, structurally-speaking, it would be quite fine, with everybody obeying the law. It will collapse, however, when the food source they've used all their life is depleted, they'll need to find a NEW food source - imagine the chaos that would create in a TeSi society.

I kid the TeSi.  If there were a pure NiFe society, we would die of starvation after a month or so.  Maybe some of us will suggest human sacrifices to the gods...that could solve the food problem...

@a sorry for the discomfort. Ants is kind of an extreme example.

I was thinking along the lines of whether evolution created type in order to have some sort of diversity within the human species. It is more effective for different humans to play different roles. I think that anyone can have any sort of ability or interest, but there is some correlation between certain interests and certain types. There are some correlations between certain abilities and different types. You will have plenty of examples of strong mechanics among FiNe's, but I expect there to be much more mechanics among TiSe's. I know FiNe's who enjoy building and fixing things and TiSe's who do not, but there seems to be a higher number of builders/fixers among TiSe's. Ability differentiation is certainly not nearly to the extent of ants. There are a lot of other genes, and environmental factors, that come into play when it comes to ability and interests, not just type. I still hold there is a differentiation in the roles types play, though the roles are not absolute. I also believe though that there are abilities that are inaccurately stereotyped as being type-based.

@a and Linus I love your NiFe and NeFi society examples! They are awesome! I think we should come up with these for every type. They kind of miss the point of my original thought experiment though. What I was trying to illustrate was whether a society of TeSi's would (1) have progeny that are mostly TeSi's or (2) have progeny that matches the percentage of each type found in a normal population. This will help determine whether parental type plays a role in determining progeny type.