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THE EUGENICS ARTICLE

Originally posted on the Knox Student Website on October 22, 2020. Originally titled, "Goodbye evolution" by then First Year Autumn Crow. This is the source of what people whisper to this day of the eugenics article. TKS finally realizing their mistake of letting a pro eugenics article be published took down the original webpage but copies of the original article still float around to this day.


Great job, humanity. We’ve done it, we’ve eliminated evolution. When Charles Darwin discovered his Theory of Evolution, did he ever think humanity would stop that? Well, here we are. Humankind has made a mistake in relying on science instead of evolution, and it will be our downfall.

Take a moment and think about the last person you found attractive. What was attractive about them? Was it good looks? Did they have great hair, perfect makeup, dress well, or have a nice beard? That’s great and all, but what happens if we pick our mates based on their physical looks?

If we pick the most physically attractive as our other half through many generations, we will have increasingly physically attractive babies. That’s great for reproduction assuming everyone wants the prettiest wife, but what about for survival in the world? How will good looks help for hunting, strong immunity and general survival skills? And that’s just assuming everyone chooses the most attractive person to mate with. What about the saying, “It’s what’s on the inside that counts?” Not everyone is going to choose the most attractive to reproduce with, in fact, society is actively telling people looks don’t matter when it comes to reproduction.

We no longer rely on evolution to save us as a species. Instead, we’ve taken to science. With science, we can save individuals who might have originally died from medical conditions before child bearing age. Genes causing would-be terminal illnesses are now passed down, perpetuating in society. We also have the capacity to save people in terrible accidents from the brink of death. Of all the accidents that do occur, a number of them are caused by blatant stupidity. By saving those struck down by their own stupidity to pass on their genes, are we creating a more stupid population? Of course, I am all for saving lives, but what will inheritance of weaker genes mean for the future of mankind?

It no longer matters if an individual has a unique beneficial variation that would help society as a whole. For instance, maybe everyone could do better with an extra functioning thumb. Imagine what you could do with an extra one of those! But instead of such a characteristic being advantageous to an individual, it might actually be hurtful. Society rejects those who are different. So even if an extra thumb is really what we need, that difference is rejected instead of passed on to our children when we don’t choose mates for their handy extremity.

We are getting to the point where we cannot cope with the environment. Humanity is plagued with ever worsening disease, natural disasters, famines and other horrors. Instead of adapting and allowing evolution to motivate change as a species, we modified our environment with the help of science to suit our liking. We have found ways to lessen the effects of natural disasters and avoid disease, but humanity has overstepped our bounds. Perhaps someday, the natural world will be too much, and our medicine and science we have relied upon for decades will not outpace the world around us. Instead of being ready for the changing world, we will be helpless, because instead of evolving, we advanced science to change our world to meet our needs. Perhaps someday, our science will not be enough.

If someday (God forbid) there should be a deadly disease that crops up, we have created a population less equipped to fight it, riddled with vulnerabilities that have normally been shielded by science. Someday, our shield of science might not be enough to protect us from nature, and we will have to face the consequences of our evolutionary stagnation.