Time-scales

--- In spacesettlers@yahoogroups.com, "victoriatangoman"
wrote:
> We are at the start of a new age with the blossoming of genetic
> sciences. Rather than eugenics being a dirty word for how it was
> practiced in the past and how it was state directed, eugenics in
the
> future will probably be decided by the parents who will seek
> preimplantation screening. A number of embryos are formed via IVF,
> and after 8 cell divisions, a cell is removed and screened for a
> variety of recognized gene sequences. People will be healthier,
> smarter, perhaps more prone to mental illness (seems to go hand in
> hand with increased intelligence) and you get the idea. Parents
will
> be choosing, and already are, to give their children the best
> opportunities available, not unlike trying to get them into the
best
> schools, presenting them with cultural training via music lesssons,
> language studies, etc. This will be no different.