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Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by cess11 on Friday June 05, 2026 @03:19PM (#48416968)
Are you implying homosexuals et al are somehow inherently dumber?
Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by laughing_man on Friday June 05, 2026 @03:25PM (#48417019)
No, I'm responding to a comment.
Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by pixl97 on Friday June 05, 2026 @04:29PM (#48417777)
And other people are judging your comment as dumb and somewhat misunderstanding of genetics/fitness.
Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by laughing_man on Friday June 05, 2026 @05:20PM (#48418489)
And I'm judging them in turn for not understanding intelligence or genetics or fitness and for being passive/aggressive.
Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by cess11 on Friday June 05, 2026 @04:43PM (#48417994)
Right, and you seemed to imply that smartness can be measured in how many live copies of one's genes one manages to produce.
Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by laughing_man on Friday June 05, 2026 @05:19PM (#48418479)
Sort of. The idea that we're somehow smarter today is nonsense on stilts.
Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by trumpdong on Friday June 05, 2026 @07:07PM (#48419519)
Smartest was 10-15 years ago. Flynn effect reversed.
Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by em-bee on Friday June 05, 2026 @06:40PM (#48419268)
we are not smarter, but we have access to more knowledge
Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by laughing_man on Friday June 05, 2026 @07:32PM (#48419742)
I wonder about that. How much of the knowledge we're exposed to is actually true?
Re:India's surprise baby bust is a warning to the world by acheron on Friday June 05, 2026 @05:53PM (#48418852)