Evinceo@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agoSuper casual conversation about Eugenicswww.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
arrow-up119arrow-down1external-linkSuper casual conversation about Eugenicswww.reddit.comEvinceo@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareSoyweiser@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year ago“How dare you call us eugenicists!” Is that top reply from Scott? And is he really saying that what is holding eugenics back for now is ethical concerns?
minus-squarebitofhope@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoWell I certainly hope ethical concerns are holding back eugenics. Possibly even among the main things doing so.
minus-squareSoyweiser@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI think when we say ‘held back by ethical concerns’ and he says ‘held back by ethical concerns’ it means different things.
minus-squareSoyweiser@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI’m hinting at the idea that he thinks that a large field off glass would improve the view. (Based on his remark in the past that he thinks people on benefits should be sterilized).
minus-squareraktheundead@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIs that a special case of the trolley problem - sacrificing Silicon Valley for the sake of everybody else that has to live with their decisions?
“How dare you call us eugenicists!”
Is that top reply from Scott? And is he really saying that what is holding eugenics back for now is ethical concerns?
Well I certainly hope ethical concerns are holding back eugenics. Possibly even among the main things doing so.
I think when we say ‘held back by ethical concerns’ and he says ‘held back by ethical concerns’ it means different things.
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I’m hinting at the idea that he thinks that a large field off glass would improve the view. (Based on his remark in the past that he thinks people on benefits should be sterilized).
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Is that a special case of the trolley problem - sacrificing Silicon Valley for the sake of everybody else that has to live with their decisions?