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Old 02-07-2025, 08:36 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by Graham44 View Post
The beginning is a bit slow but necessary I think to set the scene - it shows us how people are what we would now call genetically engineered from birth to fit certain roles in society
I re-read it recently for a bookclub, so I have to correct you on this - it was not genetic conditioning, but all environmental.

Epsilons are not genetically inferior to Alphas, they have had their physical and intellectual growth deliberately stunted, prenatally and postnatally.
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