That was certainly the position of the eugenicist monsters of the 20th century, who saw themselves as supremely rational, yet they believed that only by sterili

That was certainly the position of the eugenicist monsters of the 20th century, who saw themselves as supremely rational, yet they believed that only by sterilization could they prevent the "marching morons" of the lower classes from overwhelming the elite with their sheer fecundity. On a less controversial note, I'm thinking of lions, believed by some to be the smartest of all cats [0], yet in terms of population and habitat spread much less successful than the lowly housecat. [0] https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/super-cats-a-nature-miniseries-are-lions-the-most-intelligent-cat/16638/ https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/super-cats-a-nature-miniseri...