In the spring of 1923, a 36-year-old Julian Huxley was reading a new science fiction novel, then referred to as a “scientific romance” or “scientific fantasy.” The fantasy—entitled Men Like Gods—was written by the famous author H. G. Wells (1866–1946) and told the story of a man who accidentally falls into a time-space portal and ends up in Utopia, which is like Earth but roughly 3000 years into the future. Here the man encounters the Utopians, human-like beings with telepathic powers. Through the use of advanced science, the Utopians have mastered their surroundings, eliminated disease, and altered their biological makeup to become stronger, faster, and smarter.