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If evolution is our origin, where will we end up?

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nwr
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09-04-2005 2:22 AM 		Reply to: Message 29 by Carson O'Genic
09-04-2005 1:53 AM

Re: Homo Sapiens first species with "progressive" evolution?
I guess the interesting arguement comes to whether this is good for the human race or not.
Yes, it is good. Eugenics, by contrast, is bad.
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The effect of what we are doing is to increase the amount of genetic variation in the gene pool. This makes it more likely that the gene pool will contain genes that can withstand the next serious crisis, whatever that may be. If we were to get carried away with eugenics, that would reduce the amount of variation in the gene pool, and that would increase the risk that we could not survive the next crisis.
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Evidently the way I am looking at this is different from the way you are looking at this.
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09-05-2005 3:14 PM 		Reply to: Message 32 by Carson O'Genic
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Re: Homo Sapiens first species with "progressive" evolution?
Carson O'Genic writes:
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I disagree that medical eugenics are a bad thing. Before anyone jumps down my throat, I beleive any decission to prevent or terminate a pregnancy is up to the parents. I'm in no way for state inforced eugenics.
To put it in perspective, when I wrote "If we were to get carried away with eugenics,..." I was intending that to refer to state enforced eugenics. I don't think we really disagree. I don't have any problems with current practice, which includes genetic counselling.
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