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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
In sharp contrast to our ongoing efforts with our domestic animals, I'm unaware of anyone having purpose bred humans for any specific characteristics. No one is breeding faster sprinters, bigger football players, more intelligent scientists, or anything at all like that. Unless I've somehow missed all of that.
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Stole this from PARF:
https://www.nature.com/scitable/forums/genetics-generation/america-s-hidden-history-the-eugenics-movement-123919444
I was going to use this:
Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States | No Más Bebés | Independent Lens | PBS
Either works.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Amazing. So, in your world, one who argues that breeding plays a role in canine behavior must also be a racist. I quite honestly would not have made that connection. That's simply brilliant.
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No charge.
If you read what I posted you'd see I drew a parallel. I didn't accuse anyone of anything.
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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
By the way, if you really want to go down the path of trotting out James Watson in a discussion about dog breeding, you may want to review what is widely acknowledged as one of the definitive studies on human intelligence. If you are really lucky, maybe you can find something these guys have published concerning canine intelligence and behavior. At least that way it might be relevant to this discussion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Curve |
Read it a long long time ago. "From the bottom end of the bell curve" has long been a trope for stupid ideas.
To the OP.
You owe it to yourself to see how any specific dog you are interested in is going to react with the other ones that are going to be in their life. Regardless of size or breed. Other than that find one that ~you~ like.