Eugenics, if you read yesterday's issue is a really bad idea.
It sought to cleanse the unfit from society to strengthen the human race.
But some would seek to go a step further.
Supermen: The eugenics principles advocates
that races or peoples were superior to other races or peoples and would breed
forth the idea that a race of supermen could be developed. As such,
Hitler used this science to put forth that by Aryans breeding with other Aryans
would not only purify the "race" but create superior men and even
soldiers. This would later spawn the idea of selective breeding by scientists
to create superior breeds, but in this case with dogs. In other words
selective breeding to bring about certain traits in animals and even in plants
is a result of the eugenics movement. It can even be argued that genetic
manipulation and the study of animal traits to bring forth superior food that
can grow in harsh climates, and animals that can perform specific tasks come
from a basis in eugenics. In fact, while this fake science would be used
as an excuse to cause mass murder in Europe during WWII, it would pave the way
for new types of food stock that would aid in solving issues of world hunger.
This selective breeding and manipulation can potentially create supermen,
such as superior athletes that do not need steroids to enhance muscles, or
perfect bodies for a particular sport. This genetic alteration idea comes
from sciences while perhaps based on the same ideas of eugenics are not
eugenics.
Conclusion: Eugenics is evil, but the evil that bore it resulted in a
few good things such as better food crops to aid in fighting world hunger.
Its selective breeding idea and now with the addition of genetic
manipulation can mean a lot for the world. Genetically modified crops can
survive drought, dog breeds specifically designed to find lost victims on mountains
or sniff out bombs, even breeding a domesticated shark is another potential
here. I will not praise eugenics (as you will see in tomorrow's issue),
but what we took out of it that was potentially good was for the betterment of
mankind.
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