![]() ![]() Deny obvious scientific facts & we lose – or at best derail – the argument. “I’m combating the illogical step from ‘X would be bad’ to ‘So X is impossible.’ It would work in the same sense as it works for cows. “A eugenic policy would be bad,” he continued. Just as we breed cows to yield more milk, we could breed humans to run faster or jump higher. “I simply said deploring it doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work. “For those determined to miss the point, I deplore the idea of a eugenic policy,” he said. Why on earth wouldn’t it work for humans? Facts ignore ideology.”ĭawkins clarified that he abhors eugenics while admitting that such “a policy would be bad.” It works for cows, horses, pigs, dogs & roses. It’s quite another to conclude that it wouldn’t work in practice,” tweeted Dawkins. ![]() “It’s one thing to deplore eugenics on ideological, political, moral grounds. ![]() In early 2020, Dawkins also said that the concept of eugenics would “work” for humans in a utilitarian sense while denouncing it on moral grounds. “It would be immoral to bring it into the world if you have the choice,” he said. It’s about the avoidance of individual human suffering.”ĭawkins also advised families pregnant with Down syndrome babies to just “Abort it and try again” in 2014 when one Twitter follower asked what to do about her situation. “Abortion to avoid birth defects is not about eugenics. “And you thought Francis was the ‘good Pope’?” mocked Dawkins on Twitter. In 2018, when Pope Francis denounced abortion as a means to kill babies with birth defects, Dawkins defended the practice to prevent “human suffering.” He’s lost his publishing deal, he’s shunned by his colleagues, and his only friends are swivel-eyed conspiracy theorists, gullible little fools and a hirsute loon with horns. Pity Senator Hawley, Trump stooge and traitor to democracy. “He’s lost his publishing deal, he’s shunned by his colleagues, and his only friends are swivel-eyed conspiracy theorists, gullible little fools and a hirsute loon with horns.” “Pity Senator Hawley, Trump stooge and traitor to democracy,” he asserted. Josh Hawley (R-MO) for being a “traitor to democracy.” And as for being “Old”, the Republican Party in its present form is now approximately four years young.ĭawkins also criticized Sen. We are surrounded by credulous people who are dear to us but there comes a time when we have no choice but to be affectionate buzz kills for a very good reason. Isn’t it time to stop using the acronym GOP? The Republican Party has finally lost all claim to being “Grand”. Once they get a few science classes accomplished then they hopefully discover the real science of the cosmos- Astronomy. ![]()
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