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Re: SNW S2: Ad Astra Per Aspera

As an academic ethicist, I found this episode revolting. There is a widespread and very deep opposition to most forms of genetic engineering among philosophers that write about and study the subject.
To compare that opposition to (particularly racial) bigotry is not only illogical, it is perversely ironic given the racist underpinnings of many historical Western eugenics programs. Notably, opposition to genetic engineering comes from many different schools of thought: feminist, liberal, conservative, queer theory, etc.

As with most issues, it is reasonable to have differing views on genetic engineering of sentient life. This episode did not do that. I generally like SNW, it it really seems like the writers here specifically wanted to continue Picard & Discovery's bizarre compulsion to take a dump all over the Federation.

Well, they really picked the wrong policy to go after this time.