James_Miller comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 23 February 2014 02:12:19AM *  6 points [-]

One final Dark Side strategy people use is to say "If we admitted scientific racism, we would have to commit genocide against these supposedly inferior populations, which we don't want to do." Never mind that this wouldn't actually happen. Think about people with Down Syndrome.

"About 92% of pregnancies in the United Kingdom and Europe with a diagnosis of Down syndrome are terminated. In the United States termination rates are around 67%" Wikiepdia

Comment author: Username 23 February 2014 11:45:49AM 1 point [-]

So what would be the analogous behaviour w.r.t. races?

Comment author: James_Miller 23 February 2014 04:32:18PM 1 point [-]

No analogy with respect to voluntary (via the mom) abortions, but one with many members of society being comfortable with significantly reducing the population size of the group.