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It's true though, isn't it? The response is what typifies Nazi and similar positions. It is curious that there's no reported disgenic effect though - that seem
by pbhjpbhj 7mo ago
It's true though, isn't it? The response is what typifies Nazi and similar positions.
It is curious that there's no reported disgenic effect though - that seems counter to evolutionary theory? Perhaps it's only limiting the rate of growth of IQ/intelligence.
There's a classic sci-fi story in which we rely on computers, the population gets dumber to the point noone knows how to make/fix the computers. I think in that there's a computer glitch that then wipes out humanity; but it's from the time when there were monolithic computers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence - it says 'fertility' but I think it means fecundity/actual reproduction
- lelanthran 7mo agoAre you talking about the one called "The Machine Stops", published like a hundred years ago?
- rob74 7mo agoI think there are lots of sci-fi stories on this topic, one I can think of is "Pump Six" by Paolo Bacigalupi (https://books.google.de/books?id=HoSXDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT125&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=1#v=onepage&q=pump%20six&f=false https://books.google.de/books?id=HoSXDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT125&sourc...), which is from this century...
- actionfromafar 7mo agoThat story is incredible, with insights into what technology would mean.
- coldtea 7mo ago>but it's from the time when there were monolithic computers. Or centralized SOTA LLMs.
- marxisttemp 7mo agoWhat sort of a response do you think a movie whose premise is “dumb people have overbred and made the world worse” is intended to provoke?
- anonymars 7mo agoLaughter? Is Dennis the Menace a treatise on corporeal punishment? If we want to treat Idiocracy as a policy paper, why not take away as a lesson to think beyond merely themselves when the well-educated decide whether to raise children?
- cindyllm 7mo ago[dead]
- marxisttemp 7mo agoThe film wasn't about education, it was about genetics, as the intro makes abundantly clear. And the Redditors who get themselves hot and bothered about this film aren't laughing, they're congratulating themselves on being the intelligent ones instead of the dysgenic stupids while crowing about how "Idiocracy is a documentary" -> stupid people are overbreeding.
- anonymars 7mo agoIf most people in the thread have different takeaways, and you're laser-focused on seeing eugenics and superiority (especially when you keep making condescending remarks like "hope this helps" or "work on your reading comprehension"), I don't think that reflects on the film
- marxisttemp 7mo agoYeah, the consensus of a plurality of users of a Silicon Valley startup incubator heavily associated with the right wing is definitely the only opinion that matters about the subtext of a film.
- anonymars 7mo ago"The people who disagree with my interpretation must be right-wing" says nothing about the film Good luck in your quest of persuasion-by-bludgeon