It’s avoiding bad outcomes. Babies from closely related people often have problems. Practically every culture has a method of avoiding close relatives breeding
Eugenics is about breeding for desirable qualities, a eugenicist’s ideal person still couldn’t make good kids with a close relative
morrowind@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
In that case, let’s all marry our cousins and brothers!
psud@aussie.zone 6 months ago
That’s not eugenics.
morrowind@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
It’s selective breeding to get certain genetic qualities, which is the definition of eugenics
psud@aussie.zone 6 months ago
It’s avoiding bad outcomes. Babies from closely related people often have problems. Practically every culture has a method of avoiding close relatives breeding
Eugenics is about breeding for desirable qualities, a eugenicist’s ideal person still couldn’t make good kids with a close relative