and THIS is why a conversation about eugenics can not happen. Just as stated people instantly think it means genocide. It means simply advocating that the best candidates in society breed.
Look at 3rd world nations that literally breed themselves "into" poverty. They continue to push for the breeding of lesser caste people to ensure there is not a smart enough population ever overthrow the ones in power.
Just as Im advocating the use of steered and possibly selective breeding FOR the benefit of man kind others use it to keep mankind down.
This goes right back to the conversation about music. We are breeding the population that is more enchanted with pretty singers than talented ones. We are continuing to let the more simple minded people have families of 5 while intelligent people have 1 child.
Eventually the dumb outnumber the smart in such a way that "democracy" makes the intelligent vote obsolete. Look at the fears with the European migrations (though I dont live there). Look at the people who keep getting in office here in the States. We have let Eugenics dumb us down, why not use it to get us back up.
Here in my country (Ive been through this so Ill keep it short) we reward the people who shouldnt be having kids FOR having them. for the population to pick up the slack of 350K for hopefully ONE genuinely world changing person is NOT a good investment, either time, financially or through our own labor and lives.
Work smarter not harder people.
There are levels to what people will call "eugenics"
Zircon uses the definition that we both actually found BUT that also includes the extremes. I dont consider what I talk about eugenics. Words change and evolve. I would consider what I suggest is "selective breeding". Eugenics to mean is now basically cleansing because other peoples "cynicism and dark outlooks" brought it there.
edit: I responded to Fred but retracted because I confused Gattica with a different movie.
I dont think I ever saw Gattica
