Dear Judy,
As I told you in my FQXi page, I have read your beautiful and topical Essay. Here are my comments:
1) Eugenics give me both of enthusiasm and a bit of fear. Thus, I completely agree with your statement that continuance and intensification (of eugenics) are inevitable with recognised benefits but equal dangers.
2) I am an endorser of anthropic principle. Than, I find it is a good thing that you cite it.
3) Your statement that "we will soon be able to map a child's full genetic code at or prior to birth"and the following discussion gave me a shiver running down my spine because my wife is pregnant at the present time.
4) It should be "Stephen Hawking condition" rather than "Steven Hawkins condition".
5) I completely agree with you that 'normality' is a subjective and relative, not an objective and absolute concept.
6) You are correct in claiming that we are all different and nobody can, in turn, really judge who else is intelligent or sane.
7) I agree that bare mathematics cannot be the 'only' language of physics. On the other hand, I think that new ideas must be must be properly formulated and plausible scientific proposals.
In general, you discussed a very topical (not only for the FQXi Contest, but for the whole human society) and controversial issue in an excellent way. I am going to give you an high rate accordingly.
I wish you best luck in the Contest.
Cheers,
Ch.