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When von Neumann divided two numbers of 8 digits each in his head at age 8, biology was probably a factor.
by trashtester 4y ago
When von Neumann divided two numbers of 8 digits each in his head at age 8, biology was probably a factor.
- dsq 4y agoAbsolutely. No amount of lipstick can transform a pig into a prince[ss], but sadly GIGO still holds and the trash in the ether distracts and stupefies. That is, you can make a potentially smart person into a dumb one.
- trashtester 4y ago20 years ago, I was talking with a co-worker, the HR director in the company I used to work in back then. Her background was a PhD in horse breeding. We talked about topics such as this. She said, based on her background with horses and by watching which of her friends had the most kids, she was not very optimistic about future generations. From the stats, it looks like it is only the rich (7 digits) and the very poorest that currently have fertility above the replacement rate: https://twitter.com/CSchmert/status/993934031174725632/photo/1 https://twitter.com/CSchmert/status/993934031174725632/photo... How much that affects the genes, is hard to say, apart from what the horse-breeder's gut feeling was.