Yeah its defiantly an un-paranoid view of what human genetic engineering could actually mean in the future, or have meant for Hawking in utero had the technology been developed long ago. The song has an undercurrent of a familiar Manics target - fascism. Whereas Hitler for example wanted to create a pure race through genocide, genetically altering human's pre-birth to "eradicate flaws" is hardly a long stretch from nazi-ism. I think they are spot on too.
Yeah its defiantly an un-paranoid view of what human genetic engineering could actually mean in the future, or have meant for Hawking in utero had the technology been developed long ago. The song has an undercurrent of a familiar Manics target - fascism. Whereas Hitler for example wanted to create a pure race through genocide, genetically altering human's pre-birth to "eradicate flaws" is hardly a long stretch from nazi-ism. I think they are spot on too.