Re:'Cancel Culture' Comes to Science?
by nl on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @06:29AM
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I don't think Watson is after some narrow, technical relationship between a particular gene and a particular ability. Instead, he make wide, unconstrained and unscientific generalisations which can only be defended by shrinking what he says.
To quote Watson: “I think now we’re in a terrible sitution where we should pay the rich people to have children.. if we don’t encourage procreation of wealthier citizens, IQ levels will most definitely fall.”
Now, any non-indoctrinated human can understand that the issue of "perfect" phenotype is not about modern groups at all;
TO be clear - it is Watson who is making racial arguments about Irish, Black and Jewish "races".
The whole point is what you are saying - the "perfect" human isn't about racial selection. It's Watson's clear racism (and he admits he is racist!) that makes it so dangerous.
This isn't some indoctrination thing - it's anyone who has read the Nazi or Communist "scientific" justifications of their theories that should hear alarms.
Re:'Cancel Culture' Comes to Science?
by dang on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @06:48PM
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We don't want hard-core ideological battle on this site, so please don't do it here. It's off topic, because devoid of intellectual curiosity, and is sure to drive away the users who want to use HN as intended.
To quote Watson: “I think now we’re in a terrible sitution where we should pay the rich people to have children.. if we don’t encourage procreation of wealthier citizens, IQ levels will most definitely fall.”
Now, any non-indoctrinated human can understand that the issue of "perfect" phenotype is not about modern groups at all;
TO be clear - it is Watson who is making racial arguments about Irish, Black and Jewish "races".
The whole point is what you are saying - the "perfect" human isn't about racial selection. It's Watson's clear racism (and he admits he is racist!) that makes it so dangerous.
This isn't some indoctrination thing - it's anyone who has read the Nazi or Communist "scientific" justifications of their theories that should hear alarms.