enetic engineering on principle without stopping to realise that it is merely the acceleration of a process that occurs naturally. We are generally not attracted to ugly or unhealthy people because of our unconscious desire to have healthy, good-looking offspring. By choosing whom to sleep with we are employing the same principle behind genetic engineering; it is just less reliable.

Although we are fairly well adapted to our environment, we still have nagging remnants of our collective past. One of our greatest flaws is that our brain does not control our bodies at a conscious level. We have a tendency to over-eat, left over from the days when we didn't know where the next day's meal was coming from. We are crippled by pain even after it has served its purpose as a warning sign. We cannot consciously suggest to our bodies that they heal themselves, yet we often respond to placebo drugs. As our understanding of our genetic code progresses, we may be able to cure psychological illnesses before they start and even create a new breed of humans that are better adapted to our present environment.

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