06-16-2022, 07:00 AM
(06-15-2022, 09:45 PM)JasonBlack Wrote:(06-15-2022, 10:21 AM)David Horn Wrote: This smacks of eugenics. Yes, there is a tie between generations though our genetic material, but it's not common. Using that as a rule for determining admission to the country is disengenuous at best and cruel at worst.
Think about it like you would with your personal life. Do you want to associate with everyone, or do you only want to spend time with quality people whom have the ability to provide value, good conversation or something else that draws you to them? There's no reason we can't apply a few of these criteria to citizenship admissions. We want to be the best.
Your "idea" is no less arbitrary than choosing who gets to enter by lottery, except it punishes people for being who they are at the most primal level. I doubt the improved accuracy due to DNA tracing would rise above 1%.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.