Re:The ‘elite’ couples breeding to save mankind
by rhelz on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @12:17AM
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Galton's law is going to give these people a rude awakening.
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Re:The ‘elite’ couples breeding to save mankind
by b-team on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @12:30AM
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Explain
Re:The ‘elite’ couples breeding to save mankind
by stevelini on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @02:23AM
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It's a regression to the mean argument. Tall people won't have even taller children. They'll have shorter children because the average must be maintained. So very exceptional people will have less exceptional children. Giraffes disagree.
Re:The ‘elite’ couples breeding to save mankind
by distant_hat on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @03:19PM
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It is not a 'law' in the Physics sense. People have done some very interesting things with selective breeding in plants and animals. It will largely work for humans too just that some effects may be dampened (or accelerated) by culture.