Eugenics is "the study of, or belief in, the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)."
The word eugenics derives from the Greek word eu (good or well) and the suffix -genēs (born), and was coined by Sir Francis Galton in 1883, who defined it as "the study of all agencies under human control which can improve or impair the racial quality of future generations".
(From Wikipedia)Yesterday we watched a highly underrated film in my opinion: Gattaca. The film presents a sterilized version of the future, where people are born only after exhausting gene tests that would guarantee that the new-borns would be brought to this world with the best combination of genes possible. Those few born in the "traditional way" were considered invalids and they stood almost zero chance of becoming successful in personal or professional level.
I've been thinking that a future like that is not so unlikely. We are already capable of creating clones and mutations. The ethical and moral implications of such an extreme form of racism and elitism would be disastrous: just remember what nazis did in the name of the aryan dream.
This is a treasury I made today inspired by this issue:
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