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It’s not Eugenic mating, it’s Assortative mating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assortative_mating

> How many Stanford graduates marry burger flippers?

That isn't necessarily Eugenics. If they think that "burger flippers" will produce inferior offspring, it's eugenics. But I suspect that if there is a low incidence of Stanford grads and "burger flippers" coupling it's due to other factors, for one thing the fact that they are two relatively small populations that likely have minimal interaction in a dating environment.

True enough.

But, maybe things like this should be, you know, patched in an update to the system. It could always be better.

https://apple.news/AxzRu5zVfRBmPT81j2_MHDg

The focus on the mating part: if they don't produce an above replacement level of babies they are leading the lives of gay men functionally.

There are better ways of wording that idea. There is also value in wording it better. I basically get your point, but the delivery here is not welcoming and is also not really on par with the enthusiasm that bio-scientists have for the field of genetics and the potential to steer the species towards ever improving health and intelligence.