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RE: Dawkins talking Eugenics?

in #philosophy5 years ago (edited)

The outrage seems entirely confected. He explicitly denounces eugenics when broaching the fact that people would be subject to the same forces of nature that occur when intentional, selective breeding is done. It's like social media networks are infected with this superstition that if you talk about something, it's an incantation of evil and so it must be never be spoken! How are difficult conversations supposed to happen when you're not allowed to have them?

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It's like social media networks are infected with this superstition that if you talk about something, it's an incantation of evil and so it must be never be spoken! How are difficult conversations supposed to happen when you're not allowed to have them?

Spot on. The very reason why I'm a freedom of speech absolutist. Even the stupidest ideas should be allowed.

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