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Famed Atheist Richard Dawkins Bizarrely Defends Eugenics: ‘Works For Cows, Horses, Pigs,’ But ‘Fight It On Moral Grounds’

Paul Bois
Famed Atheist Richard Dawkins Bizarrely Defends Eugenics: ‘Works For Cows, Horses, Pigs,’ But ‘Fight It On Moral Grounds’
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Of all that can be said about famed atheist Richard Dawkins (author of “The God Delusion”), credit should be given for his philosophical consistency, even if that consistency has led him to some abysmally dark places.

In a bizarre Twitter post on Sunday, Dawkins said that the practice of eugenics  – an offshoot of social Darwinism – has a scientific logic that would actually work if implemented, arguing that people should oppose it strictly on moral grounds.

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