> we don't know that because the movie stops before we can figure that out We do know they were incorrect, because he was already considerably older than his p

> we don't know that because the movie stops before we can figure that out We do know they were incorrect, because he was already considerably older than his predicted age of death. We also know they were incorrect because he outperformed people who were his "intellectual superiors". > There's a potential less romantic ending to the movie where Vincent strokes out on the rocket and gets someone killed. And that can also happen to the genetically enhanced. The whole point of the movie is that statistics are not certainties. > The allegedly positive message of the film is that someone's self image is more important than even justified standards that exist to protect other people. No, the positive message of the film is that genetic statistics cannot capture the full potential of a human being, and that the standards that were in place were in no way "justified".