I realize this isn't really eugenics, but I'm all for people being restricted to one or 2 children per couple, and forced sterilization after that.
Yep, I said that.
And normally I'm very egalitarian, but FFS, every time I see a family with 5 kids I want to cry. We will kill ourselves and and a lot of other species if we don't get a grip.
I think a side effect of forced population control would be a sort of natural eugenics, because the pool from which to breed would shrink, ala Enders Game. (Yes, I reference a lot of sci fi, but this is a genre which often deals with the possible outcomes of eugenics, so I think it's valid to reference)
Also, when it comes to the Gattica style eugenics, like people chosing the genetic traits of their kids, I'm all for that. I know Gattica portrayed the downside of that, but I think if I had the ability to take out the breast cancer gene, the artritic gene, the heart desease gene, (I know they aren't genes but alells, but you get my point), I would do that. If people also get to pick hair color and eye color....well that gets a bit fuzzier, but as someone said already, we do that by being free to pick a mate.
I'm green eyed and blonde. I have a thing for blonde haired, blue eyed guys who look like Orlando Bloom, I can't help it. (Also Asian guys, but I never got to date one, so that option seemed less likely).
So I married an irishman with very pale hair and a willowy build. Our child has, surprise surprise, very pale hair, blue eyes and a willowy build. Isn't that already a kind of eugenics?
I think KILLING people is a poor way to go about eugenics, but I'm on the fence leaning toward the rest of it being ok, and maybe even a good idea. Does that make me a monster?
Yep, I said that.
And normally I'm very egalitarian, but FFS, every time I see a family with 5 kids I want to cry. We will kill ourselves and and a lot of other species if we don't get a grip.
I think a side effect of forced population control would be a sort of natural eugenics, because the pool from which to breed would shrink, ala Enders Game. (Yes, I reference a lot of sci fi, but this is a genre which often deals with the possible outcomes of eugenics, so I think it's valid to reference)
Also, when it comes to the Gattica style eugenics, like people chosing the genetic traits of their kids, I'm all for that. I know Gattica portrayed the downside of that, but I think if I had the ability to take out the breast cancer gene, the artritic gene, the heart desease gene, (I know they aren't genes but alells, but you get my point), I would do that. If people also get to pick hair color and eye color....well that gets a bit fuzzier, but as someone said already, we do that by being free to pick a mate.
I'm green eyed and blonde. I have a thing for blonde haired, blue eyed guys who look like Orlando Bloom, I can't help it. (Also Asian guys, but I never got to date one, so that option seemed less likely).
So I married an irishman with very pale hair and a willowy build. Our child has, surprise surprise, very pale hair, blue eyes and a willowy build. Isn't that already a kind of eugenics?
I think KILLING people is a poor way to go about eugenics, but I'm on the fence leaning toward the rest of it being ok, and maybe even a good idea. Does that make me a monster?
“Eternity is a terrible thought. I mean, where's it going to end?”
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
