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I mean, it doesn't work but like, I get it. Moreso, after reading the news or watching any TV or talking to certain neighbors, I get the desire to, idk, maybe want some selective breeding. Just make people a teeny tiny bit less... stupid? Gullable? Irrational? If only there was a way. It wouldn't work, but I get it.
Obviously it doesn't quite work that way, is probably immortal and would take an extraordinary long time to even change something as ingrained as all that. Lol
If you want people to be less stupid or gullable, the answer is founding education programs to teach them scepticism.
About the irrationality, I think it's part of what makes us human, biases can be overcome with some knowledge and humility but some things about humans like doing something for no reason or just because it fells good will never dissapear.
IQ is largely genetic.
Humans aren't all identical and just different due to environment. Genetics will absolutely contribute to every attribute, positive or negative, and altering the average genetics of a population will absoultely change society.
The average IQ has been rising ever since the tests were made, the scale has to change so that it marks the current average.
I don't think we need to change genetics to get less gullible or stupid people.
IQ is falling in places.
Are there reasons for the reduction in IQ in those places like lack of funds, political instability?
Is it falling because of those changing averages or its going down using some kind of absolute measure? IQ is just a relative measure so saying it's falling requires also what you are measuring it against
Society also needs stupid (or because of other reasons uneducated) people for the jobs noone else wants to do.
Capitalism also needs stupid (or because of other reasons uneducated) people for the jobs noone else wants to do.
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Those same jobs have to be done regardless of the economic system.