re eugenics in article pitt uucp geb cs pitt edu gordon banks writes probably within years a new type of eugenics will be possible should we do this should we make a race of disease free long lived arnold schwartzenegger muscled supermen even if we can gordon banks n jxp skepticism is the chastity of the intellect and geb cadre dsl pitt edu it is shameful to surrender it too soon two thoughts i think that psychologically it will be easier for the next generation to accept genetic manipulation it seems that people frown upon messing with nature ignoring our eons old practice of doing just that any new human intervention is arrogance and hubris and manipulation we routinely do is natural and certainly not a big deal most interesting human traits will probably be massively polygenetic and be full of trade offs in addition without a positive social environment for the cultivation of genetic gifts having them won t be the advantage it s made out to be some people will certainly pursue it as if it is the grail but we know how most of those quests turn out chris schaeffer
