Tag: eugenics
Origin of Species — A Safe Book in the South?
We can assume that this writer would have been a Connecticut Yankee, a strong opponent of the South and slavery.
How Political Ideology Has Undermined Scientific Credibility
Science goes badly off the track when it succumbs to ideological pressures — as it did with the eugenics movement.
Linking Darwin Skepticism with Anti-Communism, Historian Offers a Misguided Attack
Weinberg’s evidence that Discovery Institute uses intelligent design to bash communism is completely lacking.
Darwin, Galton, and “Replacement Theory”
Darwinism and eugenics, going back to the 19th century, were haunted by ideas of “replacement.”
Anti-Racists Often Ignore This Non-Religious Source of Racism
Many white nationalists claim that Darwinism directly supports their ideology, because they think that races have evolved to different levels.