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[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You're a eugenicist.

The only conclusion that can be made is that inbreeding made Khan better in some areas and weaker in other areas. You cannot have a person be genetically superior then other humans. That's what we learned in the 40s.

Thinking otherwise is falling victim to junk science of eugenics. It's bullshit bigotry.

[-] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No. I'm not a eugenist.

You are seeing things in black and white. That's not how reality works.

I do not support endeavours like creating someone like khan.

I do however support endeavours to remove genetic diseases.

Not the same things.

Also. Lots of people are genetically superior to me in various ways. Healthier. Better brains. More athletic.

Humans are not equal. Genetically.

That's just objectively a fact. .

However, we have to clarify that specific races are not genetically better.

Mostly because race is a social construct. But even biologically, specific ethnic groups are not superior to others.

Though some may be more predisposed towards specific diseases.

That's a complicated area of research tho because diet and environment are bigger factors for many diseases.

My point is. Yes. Individual humans are different in traits. Both behaviorally and biologically. And some are better than other humans at those things. Making them superior. Like how an NBA player is superior to me in basketball.

It's not eugenics to acknowledge that.

I think you need to read up about what eugenics is.

Understanding biology is not being pro eugenics.

"Eugenics is a discredited, immoral pseudoscience based on the belief that the human population's "genetic quality" can be improved by selective breeding and the elimination of individuals or groups deemed "unfit" or "inferior". It is strongly associated with scientific racism, ableism, and human rights abuses, culminating in the atrocities of the Holocaust. "

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