Genetic Geniuses
A (failed) experiment in 'positive eugenics' -- using Nobelists to boost inherited IQ.
"...Graham feared that, in late-20th-century America, "cradle-to-grave social welfare programs paid incompetents and imbeciles to reproduce. As a result, 'retrograde humans' were swamping the intelligent minority." The only way to save mankind was for the best intellectual "specimens" of the species to reproduce at a higher rate. And the best way to make that happen was to have the planet's brightest -- Nobel Prize-winners -- donate their genetic material for the betterment of humanity. "Ten men of high intelligence," Graham mused, "can be more effective than 1,000 morons." He envisioned replacing Darwin's natural selection with "intelligent selection."
Hitler has a posse.
In other (contrasting, but related) news, Darwin has a (new) posse (!111!!!).
WSJ.com - Turbulence in the Gene Pool -Article link
"...Graham feared that, in late-20th-century America, "cradle-to-grave social welfare programs paid incompetents and imbeciles to reproduce. As a result, 'retrograde humans' were swamping the intelligent minority." The only way to save mankind was for the best intellectual "specimens" of the species to reproduce at a higher rate. And the best way to make that happen was to have the planet's brightest -- Nobel Prize-winners -- donate their genetic material for the betterment of humanity. "Ten men of high intelligence," Graham mused, "can be more effective than 1,000 morons." He envisioned replacing Darwin's natural selection with "intelligent selection."
Hitler has a posse.
In other (contrasting, but related) news, Darwin has a (new) posse (!111!!!).
WSJ.com - Turbulence in the Gene Pool -Article link
you have to love the quote from the text " Ten men of high intelligence can be more effective than 1000 morons "
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