[Psalm 144]

I’m becoming more conspiratorial as each day passes but must mention a possibility of Eugenics down the road?

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I read a very eerie sci-fi short story some years ago where children were tested a given age, 10 or thereabouts. Those who got unacceptable scores were euthanized.

High scores were unacceptable. Dullards were considered to be docile by the bureaucracy, and were fine. Those who were smarter than the system were eliminated.

I can’t remember the name of the story, but it was chilling. Similar in feel to “The Lottery”, but more plausible.

Pinging Fantasywriter, who may recall.

[Fantasywriter]

Thanks for the ping. Anything literary interests me! I haven’t read a short story that matches your description. Some unacceptable kids—or they may have been babies—were euthanized in Lowry’s The Giver. I didn’t think much of the book, and (not being a short story) it’s probably not the one you had in mind.