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To: RadioAstronomer
eugenics is not apart of TOE

A rather Freudian typo .... ;-)

In fact, eugenics is an application of TOE, and is therefore really not "apart" of it.

194 posted on 08/28/2006 9:32:25 AM PDT by r9etb
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To: r9etb
In fact, eugenics is an application of TOE, and is therefore really not "apart" of it.

I guess if I hit you in the head with a shovel, that would be an "application" of F = m*a.

Do you suppose the jury will go for it when I tell them it's all Newton's fault?

197 posted on 08/28/2006 9:41:57 AM PDT by Senator Bedfellow (If you're not sure, it was probably sarcasm.)
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To: r9etb
In fact, eugenics is an application of TOE,

Eugenics is the application of animal husbandry to human beings. As soon as an intelligent agent is doing the selecting, it is no longer "natural selection" but "artificial selection" and, therefore, not encompassed by the TOE (to the extent that the "TOE" refers to Darwinian evolution.)

236 posted on 08/28/2006 10:55:54 AM PDT by WildHorseCrash
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To: r9etb
In fact, eugenics is an application of TOE, and is therefore really not "apart" of it.

As has been pointed out, Plato was advocating eugenics a couple thousand years before Darwin. He did so in The Republic.

238 posted on 08/28/2006 10:59:41 AM PDT by Dracian
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