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To: js1138

Little is wrong with most voluntary eugenics. I don't think most rational people with Huntington's would want to pass it on.

Voluntary positive eugenics may be problematical unless you are an NBA star.


1,118 posted on 03/30/2005 7:20:09 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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To: Doctor Stochastic

Have you seen the movie GATTACA? Genetic engineering is presented in a negative light (available only to the rich). I think, however, that a couple hundred years from now, conceiving a seriously handicapped child will be considered a preventable tragedy.

I don't know whether we can easily raise the maximum IQ, but I suspect we can raise the bottom and mimimize stupidity.


1,119 posted on 03/30/2005 7:29:12 AM PST by js1138 (Omne ignotum pro magnifico)
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