Chinese Eugenics Or Chinese Fire Drill?

By James Fulford [1] on January 21, 2013 at 7:40pm

Steve Sailer wrote this in a blog post about Edge.org, [2]

"Science book agent John Brockman rounds up the usual suspects for his annual January high-brow pow-wow. This year's question, "What Should We Be Worried About? [3]"
So far, Geoffrey Miller's contribution is getting the most attention: "Chinese Eugenics [4]."

My first thought was "Hey, no fair! [5]They're already smarter [6]than us!"
John Derbyshire [7] who knows more about China [8]than almost anyone I know, has thought more deeply about it:

"...Geoffrey Miller [9] worries about the ChiComs steaming ahead with a eugenics program to create a super-smart super-race, while we round-eyes, sunk in our “anti-hereditarian political correctness,” slide down intoidiocracy [10]. Well, pshaw: I was worrying about that twelve years ago [11]. I yield to no one in my contempt for the inanities of political correctness, and I have no doubt that the ChiComs will indeed steam ahead on this. Steaming ahead is one thing, though; attaining actual success is another. The Titanic was steaming ahead pretty confidently there for a while. I urge Prof. Miller to meditate on the phrase “Chinese fire drill [12].” [ What, Me Worry? [13], January 17, 2013]

Read the whole thing, just for the fun of seeing Derbyshire say, for once "We're we're not Doomed [14]."

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