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Originally posted by Monique
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Carlos, it is time for yourself to become intelligent and stop linking us to not so clever sites.
You too have been using the mechanism of overwhelming the smart with the stupid..
Originally posted by Evo
Carlos, may I suggest that before you post something as a fact, that you actually verify it?
Originally posted by Carlos Hernandez
I tried to verify this story, but could not find anything. But, I thought I would post it anyway and let you decide for yourself if it is valid or not.
That is not name-calling. My observation is very valid.Originally posted by Carlos Hernandez
Insults/name-calling is not a valid argument.
Don't feel bad...you would have to be terminally stupid to think it was anything but a sad attempt at humor.Originally posted by russ_watters
Dead link for me.
"At this rate, by the year 2100 there will be five smart people on Earth, swallowed whole by more than 12 billion mouth-breathers incapable of understanding the binary
exponentiation that swamped the Earth with their like." High-school dropout Mandi Drucker, 16, said of the findings, "All I know is, we're in love."
Originally posted by dtae
assuming that their is no heritable biological bases for "intellect", there is still the concern that through cultural evolution much of the "intellect" of a child may be determined by their childhood environment.
Your point is well taken though, but it implies that we can just funnel more dough into schools to make people smarter.
I wonder if it would be more productive to start at an even lower level, trying to create an environment where those ill-achivers can take on the characteristics of the middle class we so value.
...some socialism
Originally posted by Nereid
PF members,
This is one of the most deadly serious topics imaginable. The hereditability of desirable characteristics - eugenics - was, arguably, a key factor behind the Hitler Nazi agenda. It's absolutely a key plank in the racist agenda. If you don't know the history here, please go read up on it.
Nereid.
Perhaps some PF readers would be so kind as to post translations of 1930's Nazi literature? Then we could compare and decide for ourselves.from the article Carlos linked to: "The average member of the American underclass spawns at age 15, compared to age 30 for the average college-educated professional," study leader Kenneth Stalls said. "America's intellectual elite, as a result, are badly
losing the genetic marathon, with two generations of dullards born for every
one generation of cultured literates."
nautica wrote
Even if it were true, it would be a mute point. The human brain does not need to evolve for us to become more educated as a society. Education can not be inherited only learned.
nautica wrote
Even if it were true, it would be a mute point. The human brain does not need to evolve for us to become more educated as a society. Education can not be inherited only learned. Even the brains of the most educated have plenty of room for addition knowlegde.
nautica wrote
Even if it were true, it would be a mute point. The human brain does not need to evolve for us to become more educated as a society. Education can not be inherited only learned. Even the brains of the most educated have plenty of room for addition knowlegde.
nautica wrote
Even if it were true, it would be a mute point. The human brain does not need to evolve for us to become more educated as a society. Education can not be inherited only learned. Even the brains of the most educated have plenty of room for addition knowlegde.
The University of Chicago Study, titled "The Stupid are Outbreeding the Smart," is a research project that examines the relationship between intelligence and fertility rates.
The study found that people with lower intelligence tend to have more children than those with higher intelligence, leading to a decline in average intelligence over time.
The study used historical data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the National Child Development Study to analyze the relationship between intelligence and fertility rates. Statistical analyses and mathematical models were also used to interpret the data.
The study suggests that there may be a decline in average intelligence over time due to the higher fertility rates of individuals with lower intelligence. This could have potential impacts on society and future generations.
One limitation of the study is that it only looked at data from two specific time periods and may not be representative of all populations. Additionally, the study only looked at the relationship between intelligence and fertility rates and did not consider other factors that may play a role in population trends.