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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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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I would prefer the slower, less killing-oriented way, tbh
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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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