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Richard Dawkins
British ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and popular science writer who holds the Charles Simonyi Chair for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University.

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“[I]f you can breed cattle for milk yield, horses for running speed, and dogs for heralding skill, why on earth should it be impossible to breed humans for mathematical, musical, or athletic ability? I wonder whether, some 60 years after Hitler’s death, we might at least venture to ask what the moral difference is between breeding for musical ability and forcing a child to take music lessons. Or why is it acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them?”

Source: “Religion Opponent Advocates Eugenics,” American Family Association Journal, February 2007, pages 7-8.
Hardcopy: Copy of the American Family Association Journal article.
Contributor: AIM
Category: Humanity

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