What happened? How come Sir Francis Galton went from being mentioned in the same breath as Darwin to never being mentioned at all? Psychologists are still happy to talk about the guy who invented “penis envy,” so what did this guy do to get scrubbed from history?

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

So, eugenics aren't bad. If you have bad genes, you shouldn't reproduce. That is logical.

The bad thing is when they intentionally damage our DNA so that our offspring are mutated if we can reproduce at all st this point.

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

I'm guessing people hate him because they couldn't refute his scientific racism ;-)