Episode 1471 • • 1:08:48 - 1:15:55
1471: Publical Emergency
William Shockley Thesis, Dysgenics and IQ
In a 1974 interview with William F. Buckley Jr., transistor co-inventor William Shockley detailed his "Shockley Thesis" regarding dysgenics, or "retrogressive evolution." Shockley argued that the disproportionate reproduction of individuals with lower IQs would lead to the decline of human civilization. He advocated for "anti-dysgenics" measures, suggesting that the welfare state encouraged the replication of genetically disadvantaged traits.