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 2 months ago
It’s selective breeding to get certain genetic qualities, which is the definition of eugenics
psud@aussie.zone 2 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
morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Avoiding bad genetics is desirable. Just because it’s normal doesn’t mean it isn’t eugenics