You ain't seen anything yet. Just imagine, a few generations down the road when we will not only have read and understood the genome, but will be in a position to re-write it and even to write one de novo. Then one would be dialing up healthy athletic geniuses, and nothing else.
with a few dummies thrown into the mix- gotta have someone to blame when something goes wrong- lol http://sacredscoop.com
There are three sides to eugenics. Good, bad, and bizarre.
An example of good eugenics has to be put down to just plain luck. It happened in one of the idealistic communes of northern European immigrants in New York State in the 19th Century. Though they believed in strong families, procreation was based solely on the judgment of the leader. A woman was strong and a man was smart, so they were ordered to make a baby, that would then be raised by her and her husband. In three generations, this commune produced some 60 or so national leaders in many fields. But had it continued another generation, it would have genetically collapsed because of inbreeding.
A bad result of Eugenics is already happening with smart people. Tending to marry each other, we have now discovered to our horror that the children of two smart people are often autistic. Far more than for the rest of the population.
A bizarre case of what Eugenics might be came with a poll that went into far more detail about what typical parents might want if their child could be engineered to their specifications. At first, they responded typically with "smart", "pretty", and "athletic". However, with more and more questions, people started to admit that they would really like their children to have more 'feline' and 'canine' qualities. People seem to get along better with their pets than each other, so these people figured that if their children were more like cats or dogs, then everyone would like them.
I don’t really have a problem with a world where everyone is smart, talented, and healthy.