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He's right, yet to anyone who's seen the movie Idiocracy the problem is obvious. The "hicks, vatos, and homeboyz" aren't going to stop breeding.

Kudzu_Bob 14y ago
They'll quit breeding (or at least slow down considerably) if we cease to subsidize their reproduction at the expense of our own.
mkingston 14y ago
Smart people don't only come from smart parents. While I'm sure there's a factor, I suspect the part of genetics is overstated in intelligence. Or, to put it another way, maybe we should earnestly focus on educating the kids we have as well as we can.
- mixmastamyk 14y ago
  Indeed, culture and education are likely more important. But, they start at home.
gordaco 14y ago
http://xkcd.com/603/ http://xkcd.com/603/
coldtea 14y ago
>The "hicks, vatos, and homeboyz" aren't going to stop breeding. Or people thinking like you, for that matter. What exactly makes you think you are worth more than a "hick, vato or homeboy"? A high IQ? I'd take kindness, altruism and consideration for others any day. Not to mention your comment borders on full blown racism, stopping just short of the "n" word. http://xkcd.com/603/ http://xkcd.com/603/
- digisign 14y ago
  Nice try. It's well known that the uneducated don't do much family planning. A comic that says the opposite with zero to back it up is worth the paper its printed on.
- mixmastamyk 14y ago
  A rather poor critique. Ad hominem, GP doesn't mention himself, though might be implying Stallman adds more to society than gang-bangers. I'd tend to agree. I want... Classism, lack of education perhaps, you could be much more accurate and not undermine your argument by throwing racism around. Societal decline is an effect, he was talking of a cause... that the educated tend to have fewer children, which is not in dispute. XKCD creates a strawman and defeats it with "I don't like you!" Not his best work obviously.

Kudzu_Bob 14y ago

They'll quit breeding (or at least slow down considerably) if we cease to subsidize their reproduction at the expense of our own.

mkingston 14y ago

Smart people don't only come from smart parents. While I'm sure there's a factor, I suspect the part of genetics is overstated in intelligence. Or, to put it another way, maybe we should earnestly focus on educating the kids we have as well as we can.

mixmastamyk 14y ago
Indeed, culture and education are likely more important. But, they start at home.

gordaco 14y ago

http://xkcd.com/603/ http://xkcd.com/603/

coldtea 14y ago

>The "hicks, vatos, and homeboyz" aren't going to stop breeding. Or people thinking like you, for that matter. What exactly makes you think you are worth more than a "hick, vato or homeboy"? A high IQ? I'd take kindness, altruism and consideration for others any day. Not to mention your comment borders on full blown racism, stopping just short of the "n" word. http://xkcd.com/603/ http://xkcd.com/603/

digisign 14y ago
Nice try. It's well known that the uneducated don't do much family planning. A comic that says the opposite with zero to back it up is worth the paper its printed on.
mixmastamyk 14y ago
A rather poor critique. Ad hominem, GP doesn't mention himself, though might be implying Stallman adds more to society than gang-bangers. I'd tend to agree. I want... Classism, lack of education perhaps, you could be much more accurate and not undermine your argument by throwing racism around. Societal decline is an effect, he was talking of a cause... that the educated tend to have fewer children, which is not in dispute. XKCD creates a strawman and defeats it with "I don't like you!" Not his best work obviously.