Chetan Bhagat Quotes
How can such scary looking parents create something so cute?
Bhagat, Chetan. 2 States: The Story of My Marriage. Rupa Publications, 2009.
She was one of Francis Galton’s collaborators in his laboratory. This particular quotation if true challenges some of the basic aspects of democracy itself. However, it was a large part of the basis for the Eugenics movement, and is still argued by some today.
This pseudo-scientific organization, in spite of the junk science it was promulgating, actually had a substantial American following and over 20 states actually passed laws to allow forced sterilization who were “UNFIT”. In reality while there is a genetic component to each of the examples it only increases the probabilities and is not determinative. And even f it were and there were selective breeding of humans, these “TRAITS” would not be eliminated in 3 generations.
Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author and columnist. He was included in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010.