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Absolutely. This applies to "negative" inventions, too: Eugenics was a pretty favorably and openly discussed concept in the early 1900s (e.g. Winston Churchill
by myrmidon 2y ago
Absolutely.
This applies to "negative" inventions, too: Eugenics was a pretty favorably and openly discussed concept in the early 1900s (e.g. Winston Churchill was a pretty vocal proponent), but Hitler basically gets all the credit for the whole idea.
- tomxor 2y ago:D thanks, you made me laugh. https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour-extras/churchill-and-eugenics-1/ https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour-extras...
- toast0 2y agoI mean, I'm pretty sure Eugenics was invented by Eugene, thus the name. Or it was a way to avoid needing to know people's names, because everyone would be named Eugene. :P
- pnut 2y agoThank goodness it's not "Eugene Torvalds" who made a kernel just for fun!
- rtkwe 2y agoA lot of the world was hot for eugenics at the time the US in particular, a lot of the pre-Final Solution laws were systematizing things that were happening in the US on an basis ranging from ad-hoc to legal; sterilization of people with mental issues, miscegenation laws, etc.