• theneverfox
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    3 days ago

    What’s crazy to me is that eugenics is largely sound… It’s literally a forbidden branch of science not because it’s unscientific, but because our species can’t be trusted with it

    So much so that it becomes worthless. Elon Musk is doing his best to spread his genetics, even inappropriately offering up his sperm to female employees… He thinks he’s one of humanities best and brightest. The kedamine addicted failed programmer turned conman, a guy so insecure he faked being good at video games and has created nothing himself, thinks his genes need to be spread far and wide

    We are animals, we can indeed be bred for traits like animals, but we’re so bad at evaluating ourselves we literally cannot use this branch of science

    • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      3 days ago

      Eugenics is not sound because

      1. It makes moral judgments as to what human traits are desirable and undesirable, which are non-scientific and largely based in prejudice.
      2. It treats all traits as heritable which neglects socialisation and other complex factors.

      Like for example eugenics in the Nazi regime genocided 90% of people with schizophrenia to try and wipe it out. But now, in 2025, schizophrenia rates are largely the same between germany and other western countries, because schizophrenia only has a small heritability factor.