Re: OT: Where? and What?

From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:35:23 GMT
Message-ID: <LkqBh.7403$R71.110669@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca>

Vadim Tropashko wrote:

> On Feb 16, 2:46 am, "Cimode" <cim..._at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>

>>Confirms America is doomed.

>
> Once we are off topic of the offtopic thread, I recently watched
> "Idiocracy" (by Mike Judge). The theme is somewhat close to me as the
> publisher pressured to dumb down the book to make it more accessible.
>
> But here is a proposition: the "Idiocracy" future have no chance to
> happen (and concequently eugenics ideas are irrelevant). Why? Because
> soon enough you'll be able to purchase good genes on the market! And
> who would wan't to get not the best available genes to their children?
>
> As it is likely to happen first in America (where else), then you'll
> suddenly find that the US average IQ start pulling ahead of the rest
> of the world. What an irony.

What makes you think parents will choose intelligence when they could choose athleticism or musical talent or piety instead? Received on Fri Feb 16 2007 - 16:35:23 CST