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Originally Posted by Telluride
Many people practice their own little version of eugenics whether they'll admit it or not. People generally prefer to date those who are attractive, intelligent, and healthy rather than those who have physical or mental disabilities.
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Choosing someone you are attracted to physically and intellectually over someone who is lacking is hardly eugenics when you consider it as a natural process that occurs in other species as well. However, other species aren't as guilty of segregation, sterilization, and genocide.
The selection you mention isn't eugenics as it is commonly known.
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