Posted on 02/25/2019 8:10:49 AM PST by fishtank
PBS Unmasks Darwinian Eugenics
Dr Jerry Bergman reviews the new PBS documentary on one of the evils of Darwinism, The Eugenics Crusade.
Finally, One of the Evils of Darwinism Has Gone Mainstream
by Dr Jerry Bergman
2-24-19
A new PBS documentary, The Eugenics Crusade, begins with Darwin, who inspired his cousin, Francis Galton, who spent his life developing Darwinian eugenics with the hope that it would be used to make both better people and a better society. To do this, Francis Galton was inspired by the work of his half cousin Charles Darwin [who] believed that evolution was this natural process that was inevitably leading towards what they called the survival of the fittest.[1] Galton turned that idea on its head, and concluded, natural selection isnt working very well. We need to do a form of selection. We need to intervene in nature to evolve better people.[2]
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>>The singularity is upon us, so the whole discussion is moot.<<
Does that mean I can let up on the cruciferous vegetables to extend me until then?
Reread what I said, especially the word “extension”.
The silence of the source texts of the theory regarding God is precisely my point. It provided an opportunity, by extension, for some to grasp onto a reductionist concept of man. So, Darwin has a sort of plausible deniability in the question of eugenics.
>>So, Darwin has a sort of plausible deniability in the question of eugenics.<<
It is not “plausible deniability.” It is irrelevant to the discussion.
“...let up on the cruciferous vegetables...”
The discussion is moot, not your diet.
You didn’t get the BBT reference?
Bummer.
Good job!
This show was on last fall.
It was extremely interesting... especially coming from PBS.
For the sake of clarity, what is the original proposition or question that you are commenting on? We seem to be talking pst each other.
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