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I'm saying that to claim it doesn't happen is a bigger stretch. But the effect will be small, and only visible at the population level. But the sheer number of confounding factors make it difficult to fully quantify. Undoubtedly I think we will be selecting for more intelligence, just not in the obvious ways you might expect. Idiocracy was an interesting concept, but not really a documentary, I think.

ADK...I'll complement your tuxedo!17:07, 27 September 2011

Ugh, Idiocracy, don't even get me started on that.

Nebuchadnezzar (talk)17:11, 27 September 2011

Oh, i wasn't thinking it was a documentary. It is statically provable that the more successful (again, not "intelligent", as i have a super hard time quantifying that term) individuals have less (even 0) kids. My own dyslexia will be out of the gene pool, but so will my smarts.

What isn't considered is that just cause someone hasn't had a historical connection to things that allow him or her material success (like a good education) doesn't mean their genes are not equally "smart" when given the same chance.

But again, i'm a big believer in nurture more than nature.

Pink mowse.pngGodotThe Peyote God awaits17:22, 27 September 2011