Re:The elite couples breeding to save mankind
by notch898c on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:21PM
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Thus it is misguided to pick a mate based on desirable qualities? Or it is OK for the individual but not individuals at scale?
Re:The elite couples breeding to save mankind
by biohax2015 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:38PM
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> Or it is OK for the individual but not individuals at scale?
Yes, that is precisely the case.
Re:The elite couples breeding to save mankind
by notch898c on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:44PM
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Of course what follows then is the implication the individual is not misguided in selecting for desirable traits.
You're basically arguing perhaps for something like decentralized eugenics rather than authoritarian eugenics.
Re:The elite couples breeding to save mankind
by biohax2015 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @06:47PM
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Have groups of individuals been any less misguided?
Eugenics is one of those ideas that might sound good in theory, but a world in which the government has absolute control over one of your most basic human instincts is a horrible world.
“No such program of eugenics could work: there is no lasting agreement about desirable mental or physical qualities; an individual’s worth depends on other, incalculable ingredients. Environmental conditions mingle with inherited characteristics to make us the way we are.” - Out of Our Minds, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
Like “human rights” and “education”, it is much easier to be for “desirable qualities” than to say what they are.