Comments on: Are We All Eugenicists Now? http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/08/01/are-we-all-eugenicists-now/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:46:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/08/01/are-we-all-eugenicists-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2876 Bill Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:23:56 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1953#comment-2876 I have a somewhat relevant post. http://draggedfromthebottom.blogspot.com/ I have a somewhat relevant post.

http://draggedfromthebottom.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Grant Gould http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/08/01/are-we-all-eugenicists-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 Grant Gould Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:14:29 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1953#comment-2875 The "eugenic" snipe is particular silly as respects Down Syndrome as is not in the gene pool at all -- with only a single-digit number of exceptions, Down Syndrome victims cannot reproduce, and the condition was not inherited in those cases. So a eugenist, meaning to improve the human gene stock, would not even approach Down Syndrome as an eugenic cause. The “eugenic” snipe is particular silly as respects Down Syndrome as is not in the gene pool at all — with only a single-digit number of exceptions, Down Syndrome victims cannot reproduce, and the condition was not inherited in those cases. So a eugenist, meaning to improve the human gene stock, would not even approach Down Syndrome as an eugenic cause.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.juliansanchez.com/2007/08/01/are-we-all-eugenicists-now/comment-page-1/#comment-2874 Glenn Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:06:10 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1953#comment-2874 Yet another entry in the increasingly capacious catagory of things Julian has written so I don't have to. I suspect a healthy dose of Parfit would alleviate the dismal misconceptions endemic in this conversation. Yet another entry in the increasingly capacious catagory of things Julian has written so I don’t have to. I suspect a healthy dose of Parfit would alleviate the dismal misconceptions endemic in this conversation.

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