Barely over a government-rocking reshuffle, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office has moved onto a fresh scandal, hiring an adviser who advocates eugenics, mandatory contraception, and giving children mind-altering drugs.
Andrew Sabisky was one of the hires made by 10 Downing Street after Johnson’s chief adviser Dominic Cummings made a high-profile call to stock the office with “misfits and weirdosâ€.
Even the controversial Cummings might have got more than he bargained for, as it has emerged that 27-year-old Sabisky once called for a “universal contraception†program to stop the creation of a “permanent underclass,†and also said that the benefits of brain-boosting drugs were “probably worth a dead kidâ€.
The revelations began when the Times uncovered an interview Sabisky gave to Schools Weekly, in which he spoke in favor of giving children a dose of the cognitive-enhancement drug modafinil.
“From a societal perspective the benefits of giving everyone modafinil once a week are probably worth a dead kid once a year,†he said. The researcher, who describes himself as a “super-forecasterâ€, also highlighted the positives of eugenics in the controversial interview.
“Eugenics are about selecting ‘for’ good things,†he said. “Intelligence is largely inherited and it correlates with better outcomes: physical health, income, lower mental illness. There is no downside to having [a high] IQ except short-sightedness.â€
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