Re: Eugenics
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What are the problems with eugenics
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Depends on exactly what mean by eugenics.
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other than possible moral problems
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Does not seem reasonably to ignore the moral problems.
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Sounds like a reasonable idea to me, that we would try to increase the amount of positive traits (empathy, intelligence, happiness, beauty...) by only making new people from sperm and egg cells of people with those traits.
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Seems like a disastrous idea. The form of policing that would be need to implement these rules would far out do any imagined befits. I expect there would also be practical problems with implementation due to popular resistance.
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Eugenics could solve the problem that stupid people reproduce more
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Why is that a problem?
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while also hopefully increasing people's happiness (by fitting better to modern environment like cities) and making people care more about each other, animals and future generations.
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Yikes! I’m 180º on this one.
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I know there's the stigma because of nazis and "unnaturality", but I think we should try to get over that if it means we can solve other huge problems.
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I don’t see the other huge problems.
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