Geniocracy
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Definition
The term geniocracy comes from the word
Justifying the method of selection
This method of selectivity is deliberate so as to address what the concept considers to be flaws in the current systems of
Agenda
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Part of the geniocratic agenda is to promote the idea of a
Response to criticism
As a response to its controversial attitudes about selectivity, one of the more general responses is to point out that universal suffrage, the current system, already discriminates to some degree and varyingly in different countries as to who is allowed to vote. Primarily, this discrimination is against women, minority racial groups, refugees, immigrants, minority religious groups, minority ethnic groups, minors, elderly people, those living in poverty and homelessness, incarcerated and previously incarcerated people, and the mentally or physically incapacitated. This is on the basis that their ability to contribute to the decision-making process is either flawed or invalid for the purpose of the society.[citation needed]
Status
The current difficulty in the ideas of geniocracy is that the means of assessing intelligence are ill-defined. One idea offered by Raël in Geniocracy is to have specialists such as psychologists, neurologists, ethnologists, etc., perfect or choose among existing ones, a series of tests that would define each person's level of intelligence. They should be designed to measure intellectual potential rather than accumulation of knowledge.
Some argue other components deemed necessary for a more rounded understanding of intelligence include concepts like emotional intelligence. As such, geniocracy's validity cannot really be assessed until better and more objective methods of intelligence assessment are made available.
The matter of confronting moral problems that may arise is not addressed in the book Geniocracy; many leaders may be deeply intelligent and charismatic (having both high emotional/social intelligence and IQ) according to current means of measuring such factors, but no current scientific tests are a reliable enough measure for one's ability to make humanitarian choices (although online tests such as those used by retail chains to select job applicants may be relevant).[citation needed]
The lack of scientific rigour necessary for inclusion of geniocracy as properly testable political ideology can be noted in number of modern and historical
Democratically defined regions
The author of Geniocracy recommends (though does not necessitate) a world government with 12 regions. Inhabitants would vote for which region they want to be part of. After the regions are defined, they are further divided into 12 sectors after the same principle of democracy is applied. While sectors of the same region are defined as having equal numbers of inhabitants, the regions themselves may have different levels of population, which would be proportional to its voting power.[1]
See also
- Idiocracy (a dark comedy film) depicts the United States in 2505 where the vast majority are mentally backwards (by current standards) despite widespread use of IQ tests.
- Superman: Red Son ends with Lex Luthor establishing a utopian but elitist world government under the philosophy of "Luthorism" which is essentially a geniocracy run by Luthor and other geniuses.
- Plato's Republic
- Meritocracy
- Netocracy
- Noocracy
- Transhumanism
- Technocracy
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Raël, Geniocracy Archived 2017-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Nova Distribution, 2008.
- South Florida Sun-Sentinel. 10 September 2001. Retrieved 6 October 2007. (highlight)
- ^ Raelians and Cloning: Are They for Real?, Zenit News Agency. 16 January 2003. Retrieved 25 March 2007.
References
- Rael, La géniocratie Archived 2007-12-27 at the ISBN 2-88395-003-2.
- Rael, Geniocracy: Government of the People, for the People, by the Geniuses Archived 2017-12-06 at the ISBN 2-940252-19-X
Further reading
- Palmer, Susan J. (2004). "Geniocracy and the Raelians' Political Aspirations". Aliens Adored: Raël's UFO religion. ISBN 0-8135-3476-3.