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The story of Dr. Edwin Kats and Ellen Bogan is a stark reminder of how scientific rationalizations can be weaponized to justify atrocities, and how elite support can lend legitimacy to heinous policies. Despite the discrediting of eugenics after WWII, its modern echoes serve as warnings of the danger in inserting ideological hierarchies into the fabric of scientific and political decision-making.
As history shows, the pursuit of "efficiency" and "progress" divorced from morality and individual dignity can lead to severe human rights abuses—lessons that remain as relevant today as they were a century ago.