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Oh, so now eugenics is hip again? Ofcourse genetics influence stuff, but so what? Does being less good at something means you are less human or less worthy? Do
by mola 5y ago
Oh, so now eugenics is hip again?
Ofcourse genetics influence stuff, but so what? Does being less good at something means you are less human or less worthy? Does belonging to a population with certain traits an individual have those traits?
Humanity has gone through this road before, it turned out ugly, why do we need to actively persue a narrative that focuses on biological determinism given that it proved to be an extremely dangerous narrative?
And yes, this is a narrative, even when we find scientific evidence for facts that support this narrative, the organization of these facts and acting on them is always mediated by narratives which fill in the gap about the things we don't really know which are not these very specific facts.
The framing of the title here is a nice example for this fallacy. What are progressives that the title is mentioning? Is it an actual organised thought, or just some tribal strawman? It's just a narrative, and narratives are very effective in creating reality, we should be careful about them and not consider them just a force of nature we can't and shouldn't control. Exactly like how we as individuals don't blindly accept a determinism about our actions and abilities. So we shouldn't accept it for us as a society.
- dash2 5y agoAs nobody has made any of the claims you are attacking - least of all the impeccably left wing Paige Harden - I can't help wondering whether you've read the article.
- anonymoushn 5y agoThe article mentions specific people. Do you think those people are not progressives?