Smart People Sometimes Do Crazy Stuffs

THE GENIUS SPERM BANK

This article is base on a true story which happen about 28 years ago were there was this eugenics(people who believes the good genetic traits put in use, to make human better intellectually). His name was Robert Klark Graham, he founded the Repository for Germinal Choice, a sperm bank for geniuses in the hope of implementing a eugenics program. Graham created his "genius sperm bank" in 1980. Initially, his intent was to obtain sperm only from Nobel Laureates, but the scarcity of donors and the low viability of their sperm (because of age) forced Graham to develop a looser set of criteria.

Most of the sperm donors have either have high IQ`s , good looking , has special talents(ex. great singer,poet, writer etc..) only selected into the bank. Therefore, for married couples that can`t produce their own child, they would come for help in this sperm bank.Graham's sperm bank was reputed to have 19 repeat genius donors, including William Bradford Shockley (1956 Nobel Prize in Physics)and two anonymous Nobel Prize winners in science.The bank closed in 1999, two years after the death of its creator. 218 children had been born under its auspices. Majority of the children born from this program are basically above average and has in amazingly high IQ`s . This most probably happen due to the genetic trait which is passed down from there biological parents.

Most importantly i would totally disagree with Robert Graham, for him to create such a sperm bank. One simple question who are we to play God in this world ? The processes of human creation from the very first zygote( sperm+ovum) to the creation of baby itself should go through the natural way. He has definitely broken the principle of bioethics as a scientist.