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[–] Architeuthis@awful.systems 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

That has drawn accusations of eugenics, which Malcolm strenuously denies.

Not that we're going to tell you what the accusations were about, we're serious reporters after all, we'll just take Egghead Jr's word for it.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 6 points 4 days ago (3 children)

It’s not eugenics, it’s just selecting for Good Genes!!! Such as skull bigger

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Apparently there is a belief in tech-weirdo land that having a baby with a c-section means a bigger brain, and therefore higher IQ

[–] jonhendry@awful.systems 2 points 23 hours ago

"And then after the apocalypse the techbro families died out because their children had heads too big to be born without a surgeon."

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