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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Eugenics taken to their logical conclusion.

As the parent of a child on the spectrum that is very aware of what such practices would mean for him, I would never agree with it in real life. But I do have a fascination with what we could do if we just said the hell with ethics and started trying to breed "perfect" people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Like, ok, let's try to breed the perfect person--fine. But do we have to kill everyone else? Why is genocide seemingly always on the agenda? Lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Eugenics doesn't mean killing anyone, just improve the genetic qualities of humans.

You could do selective breeding, incentivized breeding (entice the right candidates with whatever) ,gene manipulations, etc..

But I understand that proponents of eugenics usually have extreme right wing views, and why you would come to that conclusion.

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