• flandish
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    11 days ago

    except that breeding two scientists does not make a child who’s good at science in the same way breeding two robust dogs makes another.

    • TheStaffmaster
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      11 days ago

      well that’s true for other animals as well. The “objectionable” part is the controlled breeding. If you were to single out the smart ones that DID excell and made them have kids eventually you would start to see results. But indeed, that is the rub. It’s wrong to force that sort of thing upon people with out their consent. That’s why Eugenics doesn’t work, not because the theory is unsound.

      • flandish
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        11 days ago

        start to see results

        no. no you won’t. and there is zero evidence you would. zero.

        • TheStaffmaster
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          3
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          11 days ago

          Then you are afflicted with anthroexceptionalisim. We are animals. We obey the same rules of genetics. You are categorically incorect.