Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas348 | Jessica Riskin on Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Life as Creative Agency

Crick’s Chilling Proposal

1:06:34–1:07:36 · 63s

Riskin recounts a 1962 discussion where Francis Crick casually suggested sterilants in the food supply with licenses to have children—illustrating how eugenic ideas pervaded elite circles.

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