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a pseudoscientific movement which tried to eliminate "dangerous human pests" and "the rising tide of imbeciles"
Eugenics is the practice of attempting to alter a human population through selective breeding.
Eugenics was a pseudoscientific movement which tried to eliminate "dangerous human pests" and "the rising tide of imbeciles" through what has been euphemistically called "[[selective breeding]]". What this meant, in actual practice, was [[forced sterilization]] of American immigrants and minorities (particularly in California). [http://www.michaelcrichton.net/fear/index.html]
== Connection with The Theory of Evolution ==
== Connection with The Theory of Evolution ==