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Originally Posted by flamesfever
I think it's important to study the history of Evolution, as proposed by Darwin, and how it led to the field of Eugenics, and all the atrocities that followed as a result. It's an example of human reason and logic leading us into very dark areas. Without the fundamental principals and values that underpin society, we are fully capable of losing our way. I think, in the case of Eugenics, it lasted for almost a century i.e from Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" until after WW II.
It seems whenever there is some major breakthrough in science, man always finds a way to misuse it. Perhaps we should be little more questioning about the sudden worldwide response to Climate Change. Although, coming from Alberta, I can't help being biased.
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Conflating WWII eugenics with Darwinism is another example of Godwin's law. Those events are the result of Nazi racial theory rather than anything to do with "On the Origin of Species" even though it was cited as an excuse to proliferate a genocidal state on ethnic atrocity. Selective breeding, animal husbandry, killing of the disabled, sterilization of undesirables, marrying your own people or even blood relatives etc. have been known and practiced since early human civilization.