[orionblamblam]

> What exactly IS a "superior" human being?

A human that is capable of, and successful at, reproducing the greatest number of equally reproduction-successful offspring.

This means that the CHinese will probably be seen as the most successful type of human. They breed rapidly *and* are not afraid of removing genetic diseases from their gene code.

Like it or not, a refusal to consider medical advances that strengthen your offsprings genetic code will lead to your offspring being weaker and fewer in number. Breeding a race of slaves, in effect.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Like it or not, a refusal to consider medical advances that strengthen your offsprings genetic code will lead to your offspring being weaker and fewer in number. Breeding a race of slaves, in effect."

Nothing wrong with "considering medical advances that strengthen your offsprings genetic code" as long as other humans aren't killed in either developing or implementing the technology that will do so. It's called ETHICS (and not Peter Singer's).

[Old_Mil]

Like it or not, a refusal to consider medical advances that strengthen your offsprings genetic code will lead to your offspring being weaker and fewer in number. Breeding a race of slaves, in effect.

Which begs the question, strengthen one's genetic code with regard to which environment? The one that a shortsighted group of parents who are trying to breed the next heisman trophy winner select? Or the unknown environment that said child could face in another fifty years when the parents who made that choice are in the ground and the world has moved on to a place unimaginable to them?

Genetic variance in a population gives that population a higher chance of survival over the long term. If we all start self selecting to year 2000 societal standards, we increase the chance that none of us will be around to see the year 3000.

IVF, embryonic stem cell research, cloning, and human genetic engineering all need to be banned outright for the long term good of our species.