Dinner with Darwin

Originally posted by Metal Brain
Sir Francis Galton was known as the father of the Eugenics movement and he was Charles Darwin's cousin. That is the only reason I brought it up.

http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/Spring02/Holland/Galton.htm

http://bristowefamilies.com/DarwinTree-med.html

America had it's own eugenics movement as well. I think it took place before the Nazis.

htt cts.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081222221535.htm

What do you think?

….What do you think?
.…

I think Darwin would have been horrified my the

YouTube

Link!

don’t know what I think about these links.

Originally posted by Metal Brain



America had it's own eugenics movement as well. I think it took place before the Nazis.

Oh, I think it is continuing today via abortion. What do you think?

Originally posted by whodey
Oh, I think it is continuing today via abortion. What do you think?

That seems to be the case. Our government is funding abortions in third world countries. One could make the case that certain races are affected more than others. The scary part is that Obama increased the funding. It is like he does not care about Africans and he is half African. Go figure....

Some people would probably defend it as reasonable population control, but I think choosing population control over economic development and education makes that claim questionable.

I think you have a good point.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
"On the eve of the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of On The Origin of Species, New Humanist editor Caspar Melville asked a selection of scientific commentators what they'd like to say to Darwin around the supper table."
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2009-01-30-coyne-en.html

What questions would you ask?

Where'd ya get your degree in biology, Charlie?

I would ask him what he thinks of the Jesus Camp documentary, upon which he would crawl back into his grave, weeping.

Originally posted by whodey
Oh, I think it is continuing today via abortion. What do you think?

Abortion has nothing to do with eugenics.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
What questions would you ask?

I think that the most important things that Darwin had to say, he put in his books - which I have not read. I should probably start by reading those books before asking him questions as he might have already answered them.