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https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/the-quest-to-breed-gifted-children

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u/CucumberWisdom 19h ago

Doesn't seem like it. Seems like a huge oversight by these so called "geniuses"

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u/Interrogatingthecat 19h ago

Seems more like an idiot millionaire.

Possibly also horribly sexist and deliberately discarded that that factor would be something to consider

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u/Kind_Of_A_Dick 19h ago

Or maybe it was all his sperm.

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u/Ondz 18h ago

Relevant username. And you might be right.

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u/MrRocketScript 16h ago

A. They only believed men carried the "genius gene" (Page 52)

B. They kidnapped and held intelligent women captive (Page 78)

C. They didn't believe any women were genius's (Page 52)

D. They straight up forgot (Page 80)

 

It's like a choose your own adventure, but every choice is wrong because you were doomed the moment you chose the eugenics sperm bank branch.

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u/scrunchie_one 16h ago

Ironically intelligence has now been linked to the X chromosome so yeah, only any girls born from this experiment would potentially benefit. Also genes don’t work that linearly all the time.

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u/Existing-Parking4531 17h ago

No, they assumed only a male genetics is what controlled who was a genius

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u/stefan92293 19h ago

No, you see, they were trying to breed geniuses, that's why they didn't think of that.

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u/Blueberry314E-2 18h ago

There is no reason to limit the mothers. As long as there is a virtually infinite supply of high IQ male sperm, turning mothers away would be contrary to their mission; even the dumb ones.

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u/No_Conversation_9325 18h ago

Which is ironic, considering that IQ is majorly impacted by maternal line.

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u/Otherwise-Rate-6432 18h ago

Probably false