Wait, these children were modified to be genetically superior, but are only graduating high school at an average pace? Not impressed.
Maybe the capabilities of scientists to meddle with DNA against the natural order of the LORD is overstated.
Not a great start for the master race.
I have seen no evidence that the modifications to these children were intended to make them “superior” in some way, or that, especially back then, we even had a clue on what modifications would accomplish this.
In fact, we don’t even know how to define “superior,” in this sense, except insofar as an ability to weed out genetic diseases.