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You might enjoy reading A Farewell to Alms [1]. More importantly your two positions are not excludable. It is possible that the elite of the past were wrong an
by danieltillett 11y ago
You might enjoy reading A Farewell to Alms [1].
More importantly your two positions are not excludable. It is possible that the elite of the past were wrong and some segment of the population is incapable of being raised any higher. I personally doubt this is the case, but it has not been ruled out.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farewell_to_Alms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Farewell_to_Alms
- noir_lord 11y agoGiven the variance in intelligence I think there probably is an upper limit to how you can "raise" someone. I also suspect that we are a long way off that, hell who knows what the future looks like, we could end up with neural implants that allow everyone to boost their intelligence/recall. I'm not stupid but I know there is an upper bound on my intelligence that is lower than many other peoples, not everyone can be Einstein or Hawking. The more interesting problem is how do we optimise for people reaching their maximum potential or if that is even necessary.
- danieltillett 11y agoYes it is pretty unlikely that everyone is right at their maximum potential. The bigger problem of course is that a large section of the population is not wanted even if they achieve the best they can.