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Re:Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians by khrbrt on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @02:47PM (#24558328)
Evolutionarily, it'd be the other way around.

If members of a high caste are guaranteed wealth and many children, then there is no selective pressure for intelligence.

Likewise, if lower caste members struggle to survive, then there is a strong selective pressure for intelligence and problem solving.

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Re:Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians by eeZah7Ux on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @03:45PM (#24558949)
> If members of a high caste are guaranteed wealth and many children, then there is no selective pressure for intelligence.

There absolutely no evidence of some "selective pressure for intelligence" in human societies.

Please keep eugenics and similar out of HN.

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Re:Over 90% of Indian techies in the US are upper-caste Indians by timwaagh on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @05:44AM (#24564990)
but there is... the most obvious being that massive energy-inefficient climate-changing head that serves you are using to write that sentence with. It serves no other purpose. There are studies too but the point is infinitely easier to accept if you consider whats right in front of you.
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