FeepingCreature comments on Guardians of the Gene Pool - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FeepingCreature 09 June 2012 09:36:09PM *  0 points [-]

Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 251. Nietzsche is not entirely serious there.

For the record, Nietzsche's concept of the Overman is primarily a spiritual genesis of a post-human creature that would have the strength to freely chose their own values in pursuit of a higher goal (If I understand it correctly). It has little to do with eugenics.