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West Hunter’s purpose is the advancement of education and science in anthropology and evolution. That means this blog, scientific and popular articles, books, talks, and research projects. Depending on resources, possible projects might include a search for effective nootropics (possibly inspired by some of the Ashkenazi mutations), cloning a super-Neanderthal, or breeding the Kwisatz Haderach.

Robert Heinlein, in Methuselah’s Children, imagined the Howard Foundation. Founded by Ira Howard, who made a pile in the California Gold Rush but died young (of old age!) and childless, the foundation bribed people with unusually long-lived ancestors into marrying people with similar backgrounds, thus selectively breeding for longevity. This was written in 1941, when many people still knew that such things were possible.

You can imagine a similar foundation that breeds for intelligence: Cyril Kornbluth did, as background for The Marching Morons. But today, there’s no such thing. Any attempt would be denounced, even if utterly non-coercive and completely successful.

Nobody’s thinking about the long run, the big issues. Well, hardly anybody.