Open them up: Reinforced doors have long hidden intellectual incest

There's a reason why incest is illegal in every single US state and the District of Columbia. It drives its evolutionary course straight towards disaster. Genetic diseases caused by incest are plentiful and deleterious. But most of all, incest represents the bygone age during which royalties attempted to keep the "pure blood" within a closed group. But this blood soon spoiled with the ravage of disease.

Though scientific research may not immediately call to mind sexual relations between family members, the fundamental principles do not differ. Bedchamber doors have been replaced with payment pages and royal secrecy with registration requirements. And similarly to the royalty of antiquity, assumptions of superiority are a powerful driving force behind the institution.

Public outrage or participant opposition alone are not able to bring about an end to the practice. Instead, a combination of these forces is required. Through cooperation and careful application of strength, we can fling wide these stubborn doors hiding the abominable practice of intellectual incest.

Nathan