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Each generation is not a 1:1 descendant of the previous generation. Which individuals of the current generation that have children determines the attributes of
by danieltillett 9y ago
Each generation is not a 1:1 descendant of the previous generation. Which individuals of the current generation that have children determines the attributes of the next generation. Now for 100 points guess which people (and what attributes they share) have been biggest contributors to the next generation.
- CPLX 9y agoI suppose I'll be the one to post the canonical recap of this concept: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E
- danieltillett 9y agoThere is a reason Idiocracy has been described as a documentary :)
- thaumaturgy 9y ago...because the people describing it that way are ironically ignorant of world statistics? https://www.gapminder.org/ https://www.gapminder.org/
- Ygg2 9y agoI'm very wary of statistics. As the saying goes, there is lies, dirty lies and then there is statistic. A typical example is GDP is going in country X, which means X is doing better!!! Except mean salary is going down, which is a typical for a rich get richer, poor get poorer scenario.
- thaumaturgy 9y agoWell, that's true, data is sometimes misleading, mis-reported, or manipulated. It really is much better to just stick to what we believe in our guts to be true. Belief in the face of evidence to the contrary has been accomplishing great things all over the world lately.
- coldtea 9y agoYes, and the reason is idiots who consider it so.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoIt’s telling that critics of the film never have an argument more coherent than “your dumb!”.
- coldtea 9y agoIt's telling that some people believe that: (a) elevating a Hollywood comedy into some sort of social study / prophecy status is "smart", (b) calling the majority of people on earth idiots (which the parent did) is also OK, but that only "idiots" would call them out for doing so.
- mixmastamyk 9y agoStill nothing of consequence said.
- Ygg2 9y agoYeah, but they are mentioning aging. Do you mean that the older men having children is reducing IQ of future generations?
- danieltillett 9y agoOlder men having children probably does reduce the IQ of future generations given they will pass on more mutations, but no this is not what I meant. Think of all the people you know, think of how smart each person is, and then count up how many children each person has. Unless you you know a very small number of people I think you will see what I mean.
- Ygg2 9y agoYeah, but your explanation conflicts with the article explanation.
- danieltillett 9y agoNot at all as there are two effects going on. You become dumber as you get older (I unfortunately know this from personal experience), while the average intelligence of each generational cohort can also be changing through differential reproduction.
- Ygg2 9y agoYeah, but you becoming dumber as you get older won't affect scores, assuming each generation is tested at same point in their life. That's why I asked about their method.
- godshatter 9y agoThey did talk in the article about how more subjects sitting for IQ tests are 60 or older, so they must do more than just test once in a person's life, or they have been branching out and testing more people.
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- nanomoose 9y agoguess which people (and what attributes they share) have been biggest contributors to the next generation Immigrants? Not suggesting that, but how is that angle entirely ommitted?