Human Engineering?

Question

As the future grows humans become more and more artificial and by which teh book Halo explains detailed, Will the government be allowed to secretly grow and test humans that they clone? I am curious about this.

Answer 1

Ultimately, it will depend on the legislative and public oversight. But, more importantly, why would the government want to clone HUMANS? Humans are weak, plus, they have all those pesky instincts, like self-preservation and procreation... Evil government experiments must go beyond simple cloning... Imagine, for example, a human equivalent of a worker bee or a soldier ant; intelligent, but uninterested in entertainment, obedient to masters, but ferocious to perceived threats to its "hive" (whatever that may be), completely asexual (perhaps even void of reproductive organs), but capable of taking care of the young in the "hive", free from dependencies and addictions by design, etc. Imagine every family being given a couple of those for free, with the government retaining the right to draft them into service in the event of war... Scary stuff, eh?

Answer 2

well, human engineering is possible in fictions and etc.. but, i have never thought that it will be legally allowed since it will surely raise many technical and legal issues.
say, who is going to control or be responsible on the human genome data? who will make sure that this is not misused?
who will make sure that powerful,resourceful country like first world countries create a special human-being for their nation . How will governments across the world agree on this ? And, how and who is going to prevent this new data from exploitations of rogue regimes or terrorists? Even if all countries agree and produced an elite human race, this could end the ecological role of humans!