The weak and stupid survive

[ThePantaloonDog]

They sure do and they keep making stupid threads like this one

The reason we don't determine who should be in the gene pool is that for the most part these kind of schemes have been more based on racism rather than improving the gene pool. The Nazis, white suppremacists and whatever fringe group believe themselves to be superior are all subscribers to this theory.

We also don't know what kind of kind of genes so called inferior people have. If we only let people who don't have a chance of having a mental retarded kid procreate we could be losing a vital gene that might allow us to ward off some virus or adapt so some change in the enviroment. Genetics has not advanced so much that we know what each gene does. That;s the reason we procreate so that maybe some mutation may save the species from an unknown disaster.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic

I know

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by ThePantaloonDog
We also don't know what kind of kind of genes so called inferior people have.

Eventually we will, and we will be able to select what we want and eliminate what we dont want.

[Asher]

Can we list names now?

[Goingonit]

Originally posted by Caligastia
NO! I am talking about how we will be able to manipulate the human genome to our advantage when the tech gets advanced enough.

Eugenics is only used by nazis and other people who should be designated as hate criminals should they ever manage to pull anything off.

It's a fine line between wiping out all the handicapped people (even if it's by manipulating their genomes) and wiping out people with other "undesirable" traits. You start talking about people being intrinsically better or worse than others.

[*End Is Forever*]

Well, the "logical" thing to do for a start is to discourage (or prevent, even?) those likely to pass on obvious genetic disadvantages (initial thinking - Huntington's, Cystic Fibrosis) from procreating. This is extremely thin ice however... I mean, where do you stop? Thick people? People with red hair? "Can of worms", anyone?

DISCLAIMER: I'm not advocating this. So don't even say it.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Eugenics is only used by nazis and other people who should be designated as hate criminals should they ever manage to pull anything off.

Who said eugenics? He said use technology to eliminate handicaps and diseases in the genome. The so-called 'designer babies'. Not a bad idea at all.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Goingonit


Eugenics is only used by nazis and other people who should be designated as hate criminals should they ever manage to pull anything off.

Thats not true actually. The US and many european counries had eugenics programs going long before hitler came to power. If it wasnt for Hitlers abuse of eugenics it would probably still be in practice today.

Originally posted by Goingonit

It's a fine line between wiping out all the handicapped people (even if it's by manipulating their genomes) and wiping out people with other "undesirable" traits. You start talking about people being intrinsically better or worse than others.

The fact is that some people are intrinsically better or worse than others. Just as in the plant and animal kingdom, because after all, we are just glorified monkeys.

[Alexander's Horse]

Hey Caligastia. If the weak and stupid didn't survive, what chance would you have? Do you have a death wish?

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by *End Is Forever*
Well, the "logical" thing to do for a start is to discourage (or prevent, even?) those likely to pass on obvious genetic disadvantages (initial thinking - Huntington's, Cystic Fibrosis) from procreating. This is extremely thin ice however... I mean, where do you stop? Thick people? People with red hair? "Can of worms", anyone?

That would be logical, but its not politically feasable at this point.

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Hey Caligastia. If the weak and stupid didn't survive, what chance would you have? Do you have a death wish?

Well you wouldnt be around if all the criminals had been exterminated instead of being sent to that big southern desert you call home...

[Lefty Scaevola]

Free condoms, Free birth control pills, Free sterilization.

[*End Is Forever*]

That would be logical, but its not politically feasable at this point.

Hence "logical"...

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by *End Is Forever*


Hence "logical"...

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
Free condoms, Free birth control pills, Free sterilization.

That would be a good start.