Epstein Secrets

anization to climate to the phases of the moon. He proposed a close association between genius and degeneracy and argued that both are hereditary. Francis Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, took a much more rigorous approach to the topic. In his 1869 book, Hereditary Genius, Galton used careful documentatio

ples from history suggest the same thing. Samuel Taylor Coleridge once described how he composed an entir

ons to that pool will reduce population fitness because they are genetically predisposed to sickness and disability. Concern about the latter led Francis Galton and many of his American and European contemporaries to embrace social Darwinism and to champion efforts to keep the diminished and infirm from r

universe.' According to the philosopher Charles Taylor, the transition from perceptions of a divinely

butions to that pool will reduce population fitness because they are genetically predisposed to sickness and disability. Concern about the latter led Francis Galton and many of his American and European contemporaries to embrace social Darwinism and to champion efforts to keep the diminished and infirm from repro

e universe." According to the philosopher Charles Taylor, the transition from perceptions of a divinely or