If humans have 46 chromosomes and Downies have 47 are they actually human?

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[–]russkayacabbage 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is pretty much how eugenics was/is pushed. They're not actually human, so you don't have to actually care about them. A single expressive mutation does not make you a non-human (but a whole bunch together to create an x-man might be questionable, I suppose)

[–]jet199 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's not at all how eugenics was pushed.

It was about creating a healthier population.

But of course people were mostly unhealthy due to their environment so it didn't help.