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It sucks that chimps are endangered. It means a 500 year selective breeding program where those that appear most intelligent are kept together while the rest are released would not be viable. I do wonder what could be produced in such a program.

500 years? We'll probably kill off all the great apes by then.

Is eugenics cool when it’s chimps instead of humans?

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And how’s that working out for you?

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How is that in any way related to eugenics

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