
Lecture VI: The Triumph of Modernity | René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Johnathan Bi
Eugenics - A Political Agenda Dressed Up in Science
The terrible eugenics movements of the 20th century was draped with a veneer of science. Eugenics wasn't a pseudoscience at all, supported by Nobel laureates like Hermann Mueller and political leaders like US President Theodore Roosevelt. What is really a political agenda is dressed up in science. The facts are that there does exist population differences between races. But what people chose to do with those facts? That is really narrative dressed up inscience.
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