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For someone who claims an IQ of 168 you asked, frankly speaking, a stupid question.
The question he literally asked may well be stupid, but I think it's charitable to interpret it as asking what practical use we have for scientific racism that wouldn't violate some ethical injunctions. Likewise, if someone asked how to kill all the fleas on a cat I'd assume they mean that the cat must remain alive and in good health (example taken from here).
It would be a long stretch.
In any case, I would have normally let it slide if not for a particular sentence in a {grand}parent post...
I never shied away from those; they tend to be useful.
Not this kind -- ones to which a variety of answers become apparent after spending a minute thinking about it...