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The fundamental problem with eugenics, besides the immorality, is the misalignment of artifical selection with natural selection. The eugenicists always think t
by fruitworks 11mo ago
The fundamental problem with eugenics, besides the immorality, is the misalignment of artifical selection with natural selection. The eugenicists always think they know best, but mother nature always gets the last word in the end
- nradov 11mo agoFor better or worse, modern sanitation, medical care, industrial farming, and predator control have virtually eliminated the effects of natural selection on human genetics. Any changes going forward will inevitably be mostly artificial.
- kenjackson 11mo agoWell then natural selection has spoken. No need to select when it provides no survival benefits.
- fruitworks 11mo agoThere is no need to select... until there is
- LtWorf 11mo agoHealthcare is part of the environment an organism lives in…
- greygoo222 11mo agoUtter nonsense. Anything that is possible is "natural."
- svnt 11mo agoThese are terms of art in evolutionary theory.