Randall Parker has some comments on my neo-eugenics post.
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Recently I've been having an on-and-off discussion with a friend about the bioethical implications of neo-eugenics. I brought up one particular issue as a thought experiment: how about selective abortion of dark-skinned fetuses among South Asians? The light and dark variants of SLC24A5 segregate…
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There is some buzz recently about a lawmaker in Louisiana, John LaBruzzo, who is proposing to pay poor women to be sterilized. His logic seems naively reminiscent of Thomas Malthus. It any case, I will admit that I'm generally skeptical of the efficacy of these sorts of programs. But I think…
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Environment. A glacier off the coast of Patagonia. From Flickr, by angela7dreams
Humanities. De humani corporis fabrica in Hunting Library, San Marino, CA…