Natal conference, to be held in Austin in December, promoted on far-right podcast circuit and set to host self-described eugenicists
A high-end hotel in the liberal Texan enclave of Austin is playing host to a conference whose theme is boosting global birth rates, but which will in fact feature racist and eugenicist internet personalities and far-right media figures.
The Natal conference – whose website warns that “by the end of the century, nearly every country on earth will have a shrinking population, and economic systems dependent on reliable growth will collapse” – is scheduled to be held on 1 December at the Line Hotel.
I learned something new today: Phrenology is a pseudoscience that involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrenology
In one of the Discworld novels by Sir Terry there is mention of a retrophrenologist. Someone who uses a hammer to adjust the person’s skull so they gain the desired traits.
And I’m trying to decide if I should advertise such a service to these goofballs, because someone would probably fall for it.
EDIT: “Feet of Clay” is the novel in question.