History has shown than when people have tried to make other people "better"
they end up making things worse. Last guy that tried it ended up coming to a sticky end.
( Kroney, Wed 4 Apr 2012, 12:23, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

That's what I mean.
It could never work in practice. But I do find the theory behind it fascinating.

Look at teh variety you have in dog breeds, yet a chihauha and a great dane are the same species. Imagine what someone could do with selective human breeding.
I mean, we're all programmed to a certain amount of selective breeding anyway. We're naturally attracted to people we think will further certain genetic traits.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 4 Apr 2012, 12:29, Reply)

We're nowhere near as genetically diverse as dogs.
You couldn't breed humans like that. Even in dogs it causes significant genetic problems and our pool is much, much shallower due to nearly going extinct at one point.
( Kroney, Wed 4 Apr 2012, 12:31, Reply)

I know. I know it couldn't possibly work.
But look at the traditional differences in isolated cultures - Asians being smaller, Scandinavians being blond and blue-eyed, etc etc...
These days we're becoming more homogeonised, but if it had gone the other way, someone could have emphasised those differences.

The danger there being you get into Hitler territory, and someone has to define racial ideals.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 4 Apr 2012, 12:35, Reply)

Those aren't really bred traits
Asians are only physically smaller due to a diet of mostly rice. Now they've started eating more meat, they're getting taller.

Regional variations in colouring aren't anywhere near that cut and dried, either. There are plenty of dark-haired people in Scandinavia. In Finland, they're the majority.

I get where you're coming from, but it's just not that simple.
( Kroney, Wed 4 Apr 2012, 13:03, Reply)