Eugenics Explained: How a Scientific Idea Changed the World Kumar Jeetendra | June 4, 2026 Few developments in science and technology have been profoundly and controversially impactful to society as eugenics. Originally intended as a means to promote the advanced state of the human condition and the mitigation of human illness, eugenics came to be associated with victimization, involuntary sterilization, and the most heinous acts of human cruelty in contemporary …