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document.write("<h5>sub species?</h5>");
document.write("if this became commonplace among the rich we could be creating a sub species of human. in a few generations the differences in intelligence and immunity to disease of certain sects of the population will be vastly greater than the differences caused by lack of education and malnutrition that exist today. <br /><br />money will be the cause of any serious societal complications that we may experience as a result or actually the lack thereof. the humanitarian responsibility hanging over this route of mankind will be by far the greatest of the next several centuries.. letters");
document.write("<h5>Darwin</h5>");
document.write("Everything that stems from this man is evil.<br /> If we don't get educated that everyone is the same beautiful and deserves to be respected for whatever different he/she may be from yourself, the world will become an even more hateful place. Is that what we want.<br />Stop those scientists. edward");
document.write("<h5>Great Idea...</h5>");
document.write("...people already spend millions on plastic surgery so what's the difference?<br /><br />Also there is nothing to say that these \"beautiful people\" won't reproduce with us normal folk... love is blind ;-)<br /><br />Further to that the important medical beneifts can not be ignored! If the scientists are able to wield this kind of power then it will surely mean a greater understanding of the human genome... and if we have that level of control could it not lead research to finally cure cancer, aids, blindness, deafness?<br /><br />Funding for disease research is pathetic at the moment... but if the super rich start paying for \"uber kids\" then that could be the boost needed t finally rid ourselves of dread disease!<br /><br />Hello \"the future\", and welcome!. don664");
document.write("<h5>Evil Edward</h5>");
document.write("YOU are evil, Edward!. Darwin");
document.write("<h5>Read</h5>");
document.write("Do yourself a favour and read 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley. It has some very interesting and chilling speculations. Jip");
document.write("<h5>Jip</h5>");
document.write("...so does the bible but I don't subscribe to that story either ;-). don664");
document.write("<h5>The genetic disaster</h5>");
document.write("This clearly indicates numerous problem with society today.  People are not satisfied with what they have in terms of looks and intelligence.  This will lead to the possible creation of a \"super-race\".  In terms of evolution it is wrong.  If G0D has its way it will fail.  Why not just accept life and your off-spring and be happy?  I am not perfect but I am satisfied.  I am grateful for being alive and blessed with some form of intelligence!  I agree with genetic screening for possible neurological diseases and the like but as was said before, the disparities will only be worsened.. Zee");
document.write("<h5>Threat to humanness?</h5>");
document.write("Another important book on this subject (and very readable too) is 'Our Posthuman Future' by Francis Fukuyama. He argues that we now have the ability to make radical changes to the essence of humanity, that this may bring to an end what we now know as humanness, and that bodies that monitor bioethics are doing nothing more than to justify whatever it is that science wants to do. He's advocating, from a secular viewpoint, more careful consideration of the impact of biotechnology on our world, and particularly on humanity. . Jordan Pickering");
document.write("<h5>Further reading</h5>");
document.write("Just finished reading \"The Meaning of the 21st Century\" by James Martin. This is the same man (who lives in Cape Town) that wrote the futrist \"Wired Society\" in the '70s which predicted the rise of the internet 25yrs before it became a reality. He poses some interesting questions and innovative solutions. As a species, our defining moment is now. If we survive the next 50yrs, things will start to look exceptional for humans as a species. The trick is surivng the next 50yrs. We seem intent on self-extinction with ever more gruesome ways to bring about the extinction of ourselves. For a species as smart as we are, we are remarkably short sighted.. Fraser");
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