Conrad: Who is to judge that one level of civilization is better than another?� Many would agree that people flee to other, higher-level countries for better lives, but these are merely basic human survival tactics. The political circumstances, the resources in a particular area--these factors, too, have their influence on encouraging people to emigrate.

To whom should be left the decision to control the fates of generations based on things that are observed in the present day? Society has come to a time in its scientific advancements where it has a strong amount of control on determining the fate of future generationsthose who have gained this knowledge should take care to use that knowledge wisely. Years after Brave New Worlds publication, Huxley wrote, The theme of Brave New World is not the advancement of science as such; it is the advancement of science as it affects human individuals" (Ward). The more opportunity people have to control the genetic heritage of society, the more the idea of a utopia will develop. Within this utopia is the possibility of the loss of human dignity, individualism, and significance of human life. Eugenics is a misuse of science and philosophy and has the possibility to make the world into a dreadful utopian society (Ward).

Promethia: The fourth main point, according to Future Generations, is that at the present time, humans are evolving to become less intelligent with each new generation. The most unintelligent, poorest, and least well-educated people are having the most children. The US population alone may be losing as much as 1 IQ point each generation. The last main point of Future Generations is that, unless society halts or reverses this trend, civilization will decline. Herrnstein and Murray wrote The Bell Curve, which focused on the thesis that there are measurable genetic differences in intelligence levels between races (Site 4). The book invented a hypothetical sample population and discovered that when the average IQ in the sample was decreased from 100 to 97, the social problems in the hypothetical sample noticeably worsened.