MushroomTrip said:

I tend to thing that the environment and the circumstances in which one is growing up and developing a personality are much more important than the genes.

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I think this sticks out for us human beings, the cultural factor: how the ideas and beliefs we adopt actually play a rather big role in determining the evolution of the species.

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true.. I dont think that personality and character are genetic, but certain health aspects are.
would it be wrong to ask people that have a history of mental retardation in their lineage to stop procreating?
sperm banks have been dealing in genetic superiority for years now.

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No, I wasn't thinking about arguing this thought... not necessarily. I have been thinking about this matter on several occasions and I think it is an interesting idea that could play a role in progress. But I wouldn't go as far as interdicting them to stop procreating.
However, the woman should be entitled to know all those things about the potential father of her children. As well as male could be entitled to know all this matters about the woman he decides to have children with.
I wouldn't go as fart as interdicting mainly because I believe that any interdiction, of any kind, stands in the way of progress more than facilitation it (at least in the long run).
Also, say you interdict them to procreate... but what measure would you take about the rest? About the medium a child will grow up in? The way he will be educated? I wouldn't want to live in a world in which someone is telling me how to grow my kids, which methods are the best and get controlled about it.
In the same time I am well aware that so many children with potential get fucked up because of the way they are educated by their parents, but I prefer to give natural selection a chance and focus on the things we as humans can improve without taking away from the personal liberties.
A positive and rewarding attitude can do so much more than a restrictive one. Concentrating on finding the means to set an example for living in a conscious manner is an idea that appeals to me more.

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you as a woman want to have a child but have no sperm, and therefor you go to a sperm bank and find two perfect matches, except one has a history of having mental retardation in his family... which one would you choose?

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Of course I would choose the one without the mental retardation.
But I prefer that this attribute to remain strictly on the sperm banks and out of the "traditional" ways of conception.
From the information I have, there are some tests a woman can take during the pregnancy and that have the ability to detect lots of the possible illnesses the fetus might have. I would most definitely go for those.

Also the Asians have come to find great ways of offering and receiving sexual pleasure that can easily compensate for the reduced size of their penises. This must say something about them, further more than adaptability.

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Are women responsible for evolution?

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YES!!!  And this is the exact reason the human race isn't going to make it.  It's the womens fault! (j/k)