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Unpopular opinion but eugenics definitely has the potential to create a "better" population. The problem is its highly highly unethical in any deliberate implem
by thatoneuser 7y ago
Unpopular opinion but eugenics definitely has the potential to create a "better" population. The problem is its highly highly unethical in any deliberate implementation and is typically orchestrated by tyrannical dictators who's ego and ideologies supersede the science needed to make it effective. I mean look at the nazis - they had some stupid ass theories that allowed them to claim they were a superior race.
But yeah if this weren't the case then you'd have to explain away genetic engineering of livestock and crops over the millenia. That said - no one should be orchestrating that shit.
- jrumbut 7y agoI think every definition of better is bound to be ego and ideology driven or extremely modest (exactly like their parents except not a Tay Sachs carrier or similar). Also tyrannical in the long term, I believe future generations have a right to a genome that was made of only their ancestors (and retroviruses I guess). Maybe in 100 years it will be different but not yet.
- shigawire 7y agoA further point to this- I don't believe our science is advanced enough to define better even in a perfect world where subjective considerations are somehow discarded. I'm thinking of stuff like people prone to sickle cell anemia having increased malarial resistance. I believe even an otherworldly morally correct implementation of eugenics would not account for unknown quirks like this and be counter productive in the long term.
- thatoneuser 7y agoNo there's plenty of universally good attributes. Not being prone to cancer, death and aging for one. You're trying to shoe horn a complex topic because you're uncomfortable with it. Theres more to it than waffling around idiocy in an attempt to shut down discourse on the topic.