"You speak as if this hasn’t been happening for thousands of years. What else is natural selection if not the genetic reinforcement of desirable attributes? All I would do is speed up this process, and it is only religious doctrine that makes such self-improvement through MI design appear an evil process." He nodded past her to the window. "We have the ability to create new versions of ourselves free from sickness, fatigue, and aging. We don’t allow ourselves those benefits because of the anchors tied around out legs."