We are too humane.

I'm no expert so I may be completely wrong, but I think it is just an alternative to natural selection. We have made being first-born a survival trait. There may be a genetic factor involved (which sperm and egg combine, whether the fertilised egg implants and whether it develops to term and so on), but mostly it's blind luck.Again I may be wrong but to me it seems we have increased the impact of chance and reduced the impact of natural selection.P.S. I'm only talking about the first world here (actually those residents of it with access to advanced medical care).

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As a function of our intellect we are capable of various forms of evolution, both genetic and non-genetic, that other forms of life are not, even to the point of potentially manipulating / modifying our own gene pool.

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Yeah, but this seems inhumane to me and it doesn't look like its going to happen. Heck, our president won't even let us do research on stem cells.

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Just because it doesn't look like it's going to happen in the US doesn't mean it isn't going to happen in another country.When it becomes apparent that others are willing to do this whoever is in power in the US at the time will have to take notice. If there is any sign some form of genetic manipulation of humans will confer a signicant economic or military benefit then the US will find a way to overcome whatever objections it has - even if the government in power at the time is ideologically similar to the current one.

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