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« on: November 27, 2008, 08:46:28 PM »
What I'm getting to is that many traits are not easily characterized as a defect. Case in point: the sickle-cell (recessive) gene. Having one or two confers resistance to malaria. However, receiving two results in sickle-cell anemia and all of its resulting complications. So is that allele beneficial or deficient? Mental "defects" may be easier to classify either way, but you still have oddities such as autism-savantism (Daniel Tammet, Kim Peek). I'll find more examples if you want, but I believe my point is made. The "pseudo" label I'd assign to eugenics is because most of these difficulties would have to be resolved by opinion rather than science.
Anyway, I'm off for the night. Don't reply, concede my brilliance, or make me look like a fucktard, at your discretion.