Re:A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier
by timwaagh on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:42AM
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She's likely not too bright. Of course there's going to be problems with her decision making process. Can she be blamed for it? Not really, because intelligence is mostly genetic.
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Re:A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier
by topologistics on Friday December 06, 2019 @10:08AM
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You're going to get downvoted for saying something objectively true.
I, on the other hand, desire social accolades. The emperor's new clothes are beautiful.
Re:A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier
by timwaagh on Friday December 06, 2019 @01:21PM
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It doesn't matter how many people downvote if I get a reaction like this. Have a great day, sir.
Re:A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier
by soulofmischief on Friday December 06, 2019 @05:18AM
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How do we increase intelligence over time? Purely mutational, or do you believe it can be passed down epigenetically similarly to weight?
Re:A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier
by timwaagh on Friday December 06, 2019 @12:17PM
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I don't know whether we do increase in intelligence anymore there are problems that increase in the most intelligent populations that might put a limit on it. As to whether some part of intelligence can be accounted for with epigenetics I'd bet on it as it's a complex trait but you'd have to ask a researcher.
Re:A Week in the Life of a McDonald’s Cashier
by soulofmischief on Friday December 06, 2019 @08:12PM
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At least for now, we can still optimize information density and distribution. We stand on the shoulders of giants, but we need a way to get more people onto their shoulders so that someone else might stand on ours.