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I have had the (not so novel, I admit) realisation that most intelligent people I know have had zero children, whilst most dumb people I know have had (at least
by nvoeiah 3y ago
I have had the (not so novel, I admit) realisation that most intelligent people I know have had zero children, whilst most dumb people I know have had (at least) one. This was funny when it was the plot of a movie, now it's starting to worry me.
- nathanaldensr 3y agoDefine "intelligent" and "dumb." Ensuring one's genetic line continues could be considered natural--i.e., of nature--intelligence.
- nvoeiah 3y ago[flagged]
- chron9208 3y ago> Ensuring one's genetic line continues could be considered natural--i.e., of nature--intelligence. Natural selection optimizes for the human species over tens/hundreds of thousands of years. You won’t see a benefit in your lifetime. Not having kids, well, you see the result in your lifetime (tends to be a slightly positive result).
- jstarfish 3y agoThe occasional war corrects this imbalance. We're overdue. The longer I live, the more I recognize that everybody has a role despite any apparent flaws. Take gays-- in a hunter-gatherer society, a clique not burdened by children to protect are free to become scouts or trailblazers; they have mobility. This childless-by-choice stuff is a modern invention and not an option for sexually-active adults otherwise. We don't all have the same purpose. We're more like ants than we want to admit.
- robbieboy 3y ago> most intelligent people I know have had zero children Did you consider your sampling bias?