Conor here: A useful reminder considering the increasing resurgence of open eugenics in high places. Unfortunately these claims are only likely to grow louder as the powerful look for scapegoats for their failures abroad.
By Robert Chernomas, a Professor of Economics at the University of Manitoba, and Ian Hudson, a professor in the Economics Department at the University of Manitoba. Originally pub...
The resurgence of eugenic ideas among influential figures like Trump and Musk reflects a broader pattern of using pseudoscience to justify social hierarchies. The strongest version of this narrative is that genetic determinism offers a simplistic explanation for complex social problems, appealing to those who seek to avoid addressing systemic inequalities. However, the article effectively counters this by highlighting the overwhelming evidence that environment, opportunity, and systemic factors ...