"'To improve their sense of balance,' Mr. Foster explained. 'Doing repairs on the outside of a rocket in mid-air is ticklish job'" (Huxley 17)
Every child is born different. Some are optimists, some are pessimists. Some excel at math, while others are masters of language. With the technology of genetic modification, this random chance becomes certain. We could make someone excel at math or language. Progress would no longer be restricted by waiting around for an Einstein or Galileo, we could build legends like these from the DNA up. With the proper application of science, heroes are not born, they are grown. Political correctness would not be relevant anymore, because skin color, height, and other phenotypes would be decided purely based on what was most efficient for their environment. Genetic diseases could be rooted out at the source by gene therapy, and furthermore resistance to other diseases could be added. Humans have faced the stagnation of Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium for too long. It is time we used our knowledge to take evolution into our own hands.
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