It feels morally questionable, yet claims of genetic selection by intelligence are making headlines.

这在道德上令人怀疑，但智力决定基因选择的说法却成了头条新闻。

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Genetic selection is a way of exerting influence over others, "the ultimate collective control of human destinies," as writer Wells put it.

基因选择是对他人施加影响的一种方式，正如作家威尔斯所说的“人类命运的终极集体控制”。

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Through genetic selection, we can control the genetic disease.

通过遗传选择，我们可以控制的遗传病。

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In the aftermath of Darwin in particular, our understanding of natural selection, our understanding of genetic hard-wiring and other factors, makes us begin to wonder in what sense we can consider ourselves, each of us, to be autonomous subjects.

特别是继达尔文之后，我们对于自然选择，基因和其他因素的理解，让我们开始思考在哪种意义上我们每个人，可以把自己视为有自主性的主体。

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Greater fertilizer application, improved response to fertilizer, better tractor technology, better tillage practices, old-fashioned genetic selection, and new-fashioned genetic engineering all conspire to raise yields, year after year.

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What we learn from these areas is precisely how evolution has acted to sculpt bodies, but it still does so using randomly-generated genetic variation and good old natural selection (and yes, Larry Moran, genetic drift also plays a role).

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Darwin's theories of natural selection and genetic inheritance had spawned fears about racial decline.

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