Galton, Ehrlich, Buck - An exploding generational bomb
Astral Codex Ten Podcast · Jeremiah Prophet
May 19, 202333m 21s
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Show Notes
Adam Mastroianni has a great review of Memories Of My Life, the autobiography of Francis Galton. Mastroianni centers his piece around the question: how could a brilliant scientist like Galton be so devoted to an evil idea like eugenics?
This sparked the usual eugenics discussion. In case you haven't heard it before: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/galton-ehrlich-buck