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Re:Humanities aren't a science and shouldn't be treated like... by throwaway2048 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:38AM (#23436872)
Not sure how that changes anything about it being psuedoscientific garbage
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Re:Humanities aren't a science and shouldn't be treated like... by lopmotr on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:55AM (#23436929)
What do you mean? It's selective breeding for humans the same as we do for farm animals and cats and dogs. It's not pseudoscientific.
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Re:Humanities aren't a science and shouldn't be treated like... by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday June 06, 2020 @05:14AM (#23437784)
No - it's pseudo moral. It's reviled because proponents are reliably racist idiots who don't even understand the limits of the science - or why breeding humans like farm animals really isn't such a great idea.
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Re:Humanities aren't a science and shouldn't be treated like... by catalogia on Saturday June 06, 2020 @06:04AM (#23438060)
The GP didn't seem to claim it was moral. Making nerve gas isn't moral either, but that has nothing to do with whether making nerve gas is pseudochemistry.
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Re:Humanities aren't a science and shouldn't be treated like... by pluto9 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @11:40AM (#23439905)
> It's reviled because proponents are reliably racist idiots

It's reviled because it's inherently immoral. Its proponents are indeed usually racist idiots, but even if they had the best of intentions, it would still be immoral.

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Re:Humanities aren't a science and shouldn't be treated like... by mistermann on Saturday June 06, 2020 @12:55AM (#23436933)
Is part of it not based on breeding, which we have done with plants and animals?
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