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Mandatory link to "Idiocracy" and holding back on having children (it seemed like a joke back then!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9nVLXMhPc https://www.y

• rekado 8y ago
  I always roll my eyes when Idiocracy is brought up in this context. It has this old smell of eugenics, as people who take the premise seriously misunderstand the role of education and vastly overestimate genetics. If you are unhappy with the level of education of the public, then try to work on that instead of feeling encouraged to spread your superior genes. I recommend Carl Zimmer's latest book "She Has Her Mother's Laugh" for a look at the past and the present through the prism of heredity.