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derek@IAEhv.nl (The Rainbow Unicorn) wrote:
>In article <1996Jan13.210601.111812@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>,
>hoopes@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (John Hoopes) wrote:
>[some interesting stuff snipped]
>
>I agree with most of what you wrote as long as those trends continue over
>most of the earth for most of the rest of the time. But, say there is
>massive global warming and significant reduction in land-mass and food
>production. If rich contries can then grab main control over most people,
>it is conceivable that large birth control programs could be put into
>place, with modifications of the IQ of the population in unforseen ways,
>depending the criteria that the government puts on who is eligable to >have
>babies.

The way I see over-population affecting the world's IQ level is this:  
those who are more intelligent would be more likely to percieve the 
problems of an over-populated society and would, therefore, be less likely 
to have children; the reverse would be true for less-intelligent people.

>Sci-fi writers are always worth looking at, and I read one short story
>based on the premise that Earth-people were the luckiest in the Galaxy,
>since they 'bred for luck'. You could have a baby on winning a lottery -
>hence only the lucky bred. Facinating idea.
>
>|						John Hoopes

Try reading the futuristic 1930-ish novel "Brave New World"; in it, people 
are bred like animals (for certain traits), are genetically engineered, 
and are brainwashed from birth to accept the social "pecking-order".

Let's just hope that this is not what the future holds.

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