Jeffrey Epstein harbored a disturbing and unorthodox plan to "seed the human race with his DNA" by impregnating multiple women at once at his New Mexico ranch, a scheme he openly discussed with scientists and others over many years[1][2][3][5][7][9]. He reportedly imagined impregnating as many as 20 women at a time at his 33,000-square-foot Zorro Ranch near Santa Fe, where these women would give birth to his offspring[2][3][5][7].

This plan was closely tied to Epstein’s fascination with **transhumanism**, a philosophy advocating the improvement of the human species through advanced technologies like genetic engineering and artificial intelligence[1][2][3][5][9]. Epstein’s vision was a modern, though deeply flawed, echo of **eugenics**, the discredited movement that sought to "improve" humanity through selective breeding[1][2][3][5]. He drew inspiration from ideas such as the Repository for Germinal Choice, a sperm bank that aimed to improve the gene pool by using sperm from Nobel laureates, though that project was largely symbolic and ended in 1999[2].