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by pohl 16y ago

The movie actually did depict a split society. At the top was President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho, who operated at a much higher cognitive plane than Frito the lawyer, who operated at a much higher level than the masses - for example the woman operating the Fischer Price diagnostic panel at St. God's Hospital, where Dr. Lexus was clearly high-functioning - presumably well above his undepicted & "tarded" ex-wife, a pilot.

lukev 16y ago
But everyone was still sub-average by "normal" standards. If this actually happens, you're likely to see an intellectual upper class that is more intelligent than the current average. Selection works both ways, and even if the intelligentsia reproduce more slowly, they still reproduce (mostly) within their own group, leading to ever-smarter offspring. Assuming genetic factors dominate intelligence anyway.
- pohl 16y ago
  But everyone was still sub-average by "normal" standards. You mean that everyone was sub-average by todays normal standards. But what was normal in the year 1435 is very different from what is normal in the year 2011, and again very different from what the norm will be in the year 2505. Had Trevor and Carol been able to produce offspring, they (and the rest of their class) might have been able to bolster the norm. Alas, Trevor tragically met his demise with a heart attack whilst masturbating to produce sperm to artificially inseminate her. Meanwhile, Clevon kept cleaving on, appreciably moving the needle on what 'norm' means. Edit: We didn't get to see much inside of the Brawndo corporation, where all of the power was concentrated, so we can't be sure that President Camacho was the brightest around. All we got to see was the CEO, who may not have been the brightest bulb in the drawer. The descendants of the medical researchers bent on curing hair-loss and prolonging erections probably work in the bowels of that - or some other - corporation.

by pohl 16y ago

lukev 16y ago

But everyone was still sub-average by "normal" standards. If this actually happens, you're likely to see an intellectual upper class that is more intelligent than the current average. Selection works both ways, and even if the intelligentsia reproduce more slowly, they still reproduce (mostly) within their own group, leading to ever-smarter offspring. Assuming genetic factors dominate intelligence anyway.

pohl 16y ago
But everyone was still sub-average by "normal" standards. You mean that everyone was sub-average by todays normal standards. But what was normal in the year 1435 is very different from what is normal in the year 2011, and again very different from what the norm will be in the year 2505. Had Trevor and Carol been able to produce offspring, they (and the rest of their class) might have been able to bolster the norm. Alas, Trevor tragically met his demise with a heart attack whilst masturbating to produce sperm to artificially inseminate her. Meanwhile, Clevon kept cleaving on, appreciably moving the needle on what 'norm' means. Edit: We didn't get to see much inside of the Brawndo corporation, where all of the power was concentrated, so we can't be sure that President Camacho was the brightest around. All we got to see was the CEO, who may not have been the brightest bulb in the drawer. The descendants of the medical researchers bent on curing hair-loss and prolonging erections probably work in the bowels of that - or some other - corporation.