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Oh my god, it's literally the thesis from Idiocracy.

by rdw 10y ago

gwern 10y ago
Makes for some interesting bedtime reading in conjunction with the recent GWAS studies showing declines in polygenic education/intelligence scores.
- simonsarris 10y ago
  Do you have any recommended links for those recent studies?
  - gwern 10y ago
    Sure. Here's a short collection: - "Sexual Selection as a Justification for Sex" http://www.unz.com/gnxp/sexual-selection-as-a-justification-for-sex/ http://www.unz.com/gnxp/sexual-selection-as-a-justification-... - "Holocene selection for variants associated with cognitive ability: Comparing ancient and modern genomes" http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/02/20/109678 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/02/20/109678 , Woodley et al 2017 - "Rates and Fitness Consequences of New Mutations in Humans" http://www.genetics.org/content/190/2/295.full http://www.genetics.org/content/190/2/295.full , Keightley 2012 - "Parent-of-origin-specific signatures of de novo mutations" https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2016-goldmann.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2016-goldmann.pdf , Goldmann et al 2016 - "Older fathers' children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations" http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/03/08/042788 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/03/08/042788 , Arslan et al 2016 (from "The cost of inbreeding in terms of health" http://www.unz.com/gnxp/the-cost-of-inbreeding-in-terms-of-health/ http://www.unz.com/gnxp/the-cost-of-inbreeding-in-terms-of-h... ) - "Childhood Autism and Assortative Mating" http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.422.4232&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.422... , Golden 2013 - "Heritability, Autism, & Fear of Breeding" http://www.unz.com/gnxp/heritability-autism-fear-of-breeding/ http://www.unz.com/gnxp/heritability-autism-fear-of-breeding... - "Estimating the Inbreeding Depression on Cognitive Behavior: A Population Based Study of Child Cohort" http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0109585 http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone... ; see also "Genetic diversity and intellectual disability" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2013/07/genetic-diversity-and-intellectual-disability/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2013/07/genetic-diver... - "Mutation and Human Exceptionalism: Our Future Genetic Load" http://www.genetics.org/content/202/3/869 http://www.genetics.org/content/202/3/869 , Lynch 2016 - "The Biodemography of Fertility: A Review and Future Research Frontiers" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4577548/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4577548/ , Mills & Tropf 2015 - Fertility and intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence - "Genetic evidence for natural selection in humans in the contemporary United States" http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/05/037929 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/05/037929 , Beauchamp 2016 - "Assortative mating and differential fertility by phenotype and genotype across the 20th century" http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/05/25/1523592113.full http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/05/25/1523592113.full , Conley et al 2016a (Dysgenics found in the USA, 1920-1955. Appendix http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2016/05/25/1523592113.DCSupplemental/pnas.1523592113.sapp.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2016/05/25/1523592113.DCSu... ); see also "Changing Polygenic Penetrance on Phenotypes in the 20th Century Among Adults in the US Population" http://www.nature.com/articles/srep30348 http://www.nature.com/articles/srep30348 , Conley et al 2016b - in Iceland: decrease in the education polygenic score 1910-1990, "Selection against variants in the genome associated with educational attainment" https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2017-kong.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2017-kong.pdf , Kong et al 2017 (graph https://www.gwern.net/images/genetics/2017-kong-iceland-education-dysgenics.png https://www.gwern.net/images/genetics/2017-kong-iceland-educ... ; media https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/16/natural-selection-making-education-genes-rarer-says-icelandic-study https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/16/natural-sele... "Natural selection making 'education genes' rarer, says Icelandic study: Researchers say that while the effect corresponds to a small drop in IQ per decade, over centuries the impact could be profound" ) - in the US: decrease in the education polygenic score 1920-1960, "Mortality Selection in a Genetic Sample and Implications for Association Studies" http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/04/21/049635 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/04/21/049635 , Domingue et al 2016 (graph https://www.gwern.net/images/genetics/2016-domingue-usa-education-dysgenics.png https://www.gwern.net/images/genetics/2016-domingue-usa-educ... ) - "Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior" https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/correlation/2016-barban.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/correlation/2016-barban.... , Barban et al 2016 (supplement http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v48/n12/extref/ng.3698-S2.xls http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v48/n12/extref/ng.3698-S2.x... ; genetic correlations with fewer later offspring: _r~g~_ = -0.236 and 0.712 respectively. Cross-sectional confirmation of Conley et al 2016. ) - "How cognitive genetic factors influence fertility outcomes: A mediational SEM analysis" http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/08/18/070128 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/08/18/070128 , Woodley et al 2016 - "The negative Flynn Effect: A systematic literature review" https://www.gwern.net/docs/iq/2016-dutton.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/iq/2016-dutton.pdf , Dutton et al 2016 - "Assortative Mating, Class, and Caste" https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2015-harpending.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2015-harpending.pdf , Harpending & Cochran 2015
my_first_acct 10y ago
And the thesis from "The Marching Morons" (1951) [1][2] [1] Spoilers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons [2] Original publication: https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v02n01_1951-04 https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v02n01_1951-04

Oh my god, it's literally the thesis from Idiocracy.

by rdw 10y ago

Oh my god, it's literally the thesis from Idiocracy.

gwern 10y ago

Makes for some interesting bedtime reading in conjunction with the recent GWAS studies showing declines in polygenic education/intelligence scores.

simonsarris 10y ago
Do you have any recommended links for those recent studies?
- gwern 10y ago
  Sure. Here's a short collection: - "Sexual Selection as a Justification for Sex" http://www.unz.com/gnxp/sexual-selection-as-a-justification-for-sex/ http://www.unz.com/gnxp/sexual-selection-as-a-justification-... - "Holocene selection for variants associated with cognitive ability: Comparing ancient and modern genomes" http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/02/20/109678 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/02/20/109678 , Woodley et al 2017 - "Rates and Fitness Consequences of New Mutations in Humans" http://www.genetics.org/content/190/2/295.full http://www.genetics.org/content/190/2/295.full , Keightley 2012 - "Parent-of-origin-specific signatures of de novo mutations" https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2016-goldmann.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2016-goldmann.pdf , Goldmann et al 2016 - "Older fathers' children have lower evolutionary fitness across four centuries and in four populations" http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/03/08/042788 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/03/08/042788 , Arslan et al 2016 (from "The cost of inbreeding in terms of health" http://www.unz.com/gnxp/the-cost-of-inbreeding-in-terms-of-health/ http://www.unz.com/gnxp/the-cost-of-inbreeding-in-terms-of-h... ) - "Childhood Autism and Assortative Mating" http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.422.4232&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.422... , Golden 2013 - "Heritability, Autism, & Fear of Breeding" http://www.unz.com/gnxp/heritability-autism-fear-of-breeding/ http://www.unz.com/gnxp/heritability-autism-fear-of-breeding... - "Estimating the Inbreeding Depression on Cognitive Behavior: A Population Based Study of Child Cohort" http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0109585 http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone... ; see also "Genetic diversity and intellectual disability" http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2013/07/genetic-diversity-and-intellectual-disability/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2013/07/genetic-diver... - "Mutation and Human Exceptionalism: Our Future Genetic Load" http://www.genetics.org/content/202/3/869 http://www.genetics.org/content/202/3/869 , Lynch 2016 - "The Biodemography of Fertility: A Review and Future Research Frontiers" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4577548/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4577548/ , Mills & Tropf 2015 - Fertility and intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence - "Genetic evidence for natural selection in humans in the contemporary United States" http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/05/037929 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/05/037929 , Beauchamp 2016 - "Assortative mating and differential fertility by phenotype and genotype across the 20th century" http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/05/25/1523592113.full http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/05/25/1523592113.full , Conley et al 2016a (Dysgenics found in the USA, 1920-1955. Appendix http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2016/05/25/1523592113.DCSupplemental/pnas.1523592113.sapp.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/suppl/2016/05/25/1523592113.DCSu... ); see also "Changing Polygenic Penetrance on Phenotypes in the 20th Century Among Adults in the US Population" http://www.nature.com/articles/srep30348 http://www.nature.com/articles/srep30348 , Conley et al 2016b - in Iceland: decrease in the education polygenic score 1910-1990, "Selection against variants in the genome associated with educational attainment" https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2017-kong.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2017-kong.pdf , Kong et al 2017 (graph https://www.gwern.net/images/genetics/2017-kong-iceland-education-dysgenics.png https://www.gwern.net/images/genetics/2017-kong-iceland-educ... ; media https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/16/natural-selection-making-education-genes-rarer-says-icelandic-study https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/16/natural-sele... "Natural selection making 'education genes' rarer, says Icelandic study: Researchers say that while the effect corresponds to a small drop in IQ per decade, over centuries the impact could be profound" ) - in the US: decrease in the education polygenic score 1920-1960, "Mortality Selection in a Genetic Sample and Implications for Association Studies" http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/04/21/049635 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/04/21/049635 , Domingue et al 2016 (graph https://www.gwern.net/images/genetics/2016-domingue-usa-education-dysgenics.png https://www.gwern.net/images/genetics/2016-domingue-usa-educ... ) - "Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior" https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/correlation/2016-barban.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/correlation/2016-barban.... , Barban et al 2016 (supplement http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v48/n12/extref/ng.3698-S2.xls http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v48/n12/extref/ng.3698-S2.x... ; genetic correlations with fewer later offspring: _r~g~_ = -0.236 and 0.712 respectively. Cross-sectional confirmation of Conley et al 2016. ) - "How cognitive genetic factors influence fertility outcomes: A mediational SEM analysis" http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/08/18/070128 http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/08/18/070128 , Woodley et al 2016 - "The negative Flynn Effect: A systematic literature review" https://www.gwern.net/docs/iq/2016-dutton.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/iq/2016-dutton.pdf , Dutton et al 2016 - "Assortative Mating, Class, and Caste" https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2015-harpending.pdf https://www.gwern.net/docs/genetics/2015-harpending.pdf , Harpending & Cochran 2015

my_first_acct 10y ago

And the thesis from "The Marching Morons" (1951) [1][2] [1] Spoilers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marching_Morons [2] Original publication: https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v02n01_1951-04 https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v02n01_1951-04