eugenics theme
We are asked to what extent, if any, we should collectively strive to control human evolution by selective breeding. In past this has meant sterilizing or killing "undesirable" people, and subsidizing the procreation of "desirable" people.
Examples
Doctor Stavos Keniclius 5 made a failed bid to create a galactic master race of giant Spock clones in tas1x07 "The Infinite Vulcan" - a giant Spock, of course, being the measure of eugenic perfection.
15 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 7 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tos1x12 | choice | Kodos selected half the population to die on eugenic principles |
| tos1x24 | choice | Khan and the eugenics wars |
| movie: Gattaca (1997) | major | We saw a future world in which potential children are conceived through genetic selection to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents. |
| movie: Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990) | major | The narcotics-kingpin Gary Lee's master plan was to eliminate all the weak people from society by getting them hooked on the sterility inducing narcotic that his gang was flooding the streets with. |
| movie: Wild Wild Planet (1966) | major | Mad scientist Mr. Nurmi was using eugenics in combination with bioengineering to "perfect" the human race. One of his creations was a human with cat-like eyes and four arms. |
| tas1x07 | major | mad scientist planned to create master race using eugenics |
| tng5x13 | major | colonists maintained strict genetically engineered caste system |
| tos3x12 | major | Platonians were eugenically selected people of their race |
| ent4x04 | minor | Archer discussed the Eugenics Wars. |
| ent4x05 | minor | Archer and Phlox discussed a eugenics war that had happened on Earth and cost 30 million lives. |