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faeriechangling ◴[] No.35513202[source]
Could this have to so with smart people increasing pursuing hedonism over reproduction? Maybe Idiocracy was right all along.

From a strict evolutionary perspective I have doubts that a high IQ is useful anymore.

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1letterunixname ◴[] No.35519826[source]
If George Carlin was a philosopher, perhaps Mike Judge is also more than a physicist, musician, and director. Giving Brian May a run for his money.

When the collective hive mind of a society is organized around anti-intellectualism (the core ethos of America), then it will subsidize a combination of stupid (less talent) and mental laziness (lack of productive application of talent). This is how a society enters the dustbin of history and emerges as a brutal and backwards people.

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1. astrange ◴[] No.35522604[source]
> anti-intellectualism (the core ethos of America)

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/BARTERICMP25UPZSUSA

> lack of productive application of talent

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNS12027662

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