GC043 Social Darwinism and Eugenics

So-called social "Darwinism" and eugenics are two intertwined topics that always seem to come up whenever somebody wants to insult, or at least disparage, the scientific community in general. Realistically, though, neither one is really "Darwinian," and both represent the misuse and abuse of some basic biological concepts when applied in social and political contexts. Tune in this week, and you'll be prepared to fend off that annoying creationist who likes to insist that Charles Darwin was somehow responsible for the Holocaust.

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GC043 Social Darwinism and Eugenics is an episode from Geek Counterpoint -- Your antidote to soundbite science! by Lorne Ipsum.

This episode is 00:23:15 long.

This episode was published on Oct 8, 2006.

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