There is some similarity between eugenics and intelligent design. The latter do not believe evolution works but needs God's intelligence the first do not think evolution works but needs their intelligence.
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Eugenicists always believe evolution works, just that whatever evolution selects for is not always good for society or humans in general. For instance, depression is under positive selection in Sweden. Do we want more depression?
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We do already check for some "defects" during pregnancy where people can choose to abort. If you are talking about giving people better tests with more information, then I do not see the problem.
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I think the challenge with such initiatives is at some point there will be pressure to use them. Down syndrome is not something that happens anymore but an opt in.
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That sounds like a good idea. Shame people who bring into existence people who have to suffer health problems so you can social signal harder.
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There we disagree, it is a personal choice. We should not block people from using such technology but also accept some choose not to or choose to have a special child.
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Who said we weren't accepting them? Social shaming is not making things illegal but it is a powerful force for change.
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hotter take: no, warfare is dysgenic, killing the brave and healthy the most. Also with more recent wars, this, maybe driven by high IQ of pilots who have a very high mortality. So pro-military LARPers are ENEMIES OF OUR COLLECTIVE GENETIC STOCKpic.twitter.com/fV1zXWtLMl
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You're talking about individual level selection. This is referring to Turchin-like group selection. Readhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18246.War_and_Peace_and_War …
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am not generally enthusiastic about group selection, but I'll give it a look in case there's something new
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Hasn’t the Flynn effect been found to be a quirk of IQ tests and not something that reflects actual changes in IQ over generations, or am I confusing that with something else?
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Who was it that said war was dysgenic, because it killed off good strong people who made the cut for military service?
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Oh oh oh pick me pick me I know
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David Starr Jordan, first president of Stanford University, "The Blood of the Nation: A Study of the Decay of Races Through the Survival of the Unfit" published in 1902 and presented as a speech at Harvard in 1910.
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I would prefer the slower, less killing-oriented way, tbh
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