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Futures That Never Were

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Eugenics and Genetic Engineering in the Nineties

In startrek lore, the world plunged into a global conflict in the 19 nineties called the eugenics wars. In later startreck properties, his back story gets tweaked a little bit. So he's actually the result not just of selective breeding, but of genetic engineering. There have been no eugenic wars. Thankfully, we don't have the ability to genetically modify humans to the point that they are going to be stronger and more intelligent. We still have these big ethical debates on at what point do you say, this is too far? This is an area that is thoroughly investigated by science fiction. And it's one where we have real discussions going on today.

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