TCS
sojournerThe Outsider (DB), has an excellent post on these matters. “Idiocricy:” A Bad Comedy or Covert Eugenics (Genetics) Propaganda?
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Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Posted on November 22, 2008 by TCS
I finally got to see the documentary (I signed up for Netflix on my Xbox 360–cool). I think it was very well done, and it points out the true state of science and academia. While it made use of strong visual rhetorical devices, I found them compelling and not inappropriate. I would also say that [...]
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Older Fellers Really Ought to Spread Their (Mutated) Genes
Posted on October 10, 2008 by TCS
Seems like there really ought to be a Larry the Cable Guy joke here. But really, older guys seem to have more mutations in their germ cells.1 So, they ought to really help evolution out to the greatest extent. Can you imagine what evolution might be able to do with the progeny of all the [...]
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Evolution and Modern Eugenics (Follow-up)
Posted on September 28, 2008 by TCS
My coauthor, DB has written a follow-up on his blog to an excellent post he wrote here previously. He notes a recent example where a politician has been promoting modern eugenics. This stood out to me in what he wrote: The theories of evolution and eugenics have had a dehumanizing affect on the world, which [...]
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