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Old 02-19-2009, 06:08 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by JCC
Yes it would, because if intelligence was uniformly genetic, you would choose the intelligent to breed with one another, as the only possible outcome of an intelligent-intelligent pairing would be an intelligent child.
Well, this statement is easily the best argument against uniform intelligence that I've ever seen.

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Obviously, this isn't the case, so encouraging people to breed on the basis that they are both intelligent and therefore will create an intelligent child is a waste of time.
If everyone was equally intelligent, no one would be encouraging anyone else to breed for the purpose of creating more intelligent children.
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