Because the world needs stupid people to continue functioning. Because there's much more to life than raw iq. Because many of the world's most successful people aren't actually the most intelligent. Because intelligence is heavily influenced by environmental factors, such as poverty, meaning that this boils down to killing off the poor and uneducated. Because intelligence can also be a burden if it is present without the other traits necessary for a socially functional human, e.g. Autism. Because by artificially selecting for one trait at the cost of any others, you run the risk of allowing negative traits to proliferate. Because by defining intelligence and selecting for that particular definition you are actually confining it's development. Because intelligence is not strictly transmittable through generations: many geniuses have sired perfectly ordinary descendents, while savants may arise from the most unlikely places.
Is it normal that I think that stupid people should be sterilised?
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Because the world needs stupid people to continue functioning. Because there's much more to life than raw iq. Because many of the world's most successful people aren't actually the most intelligent. Because intelligence is heavily influenced by environmental factors, such as poverty, meaning that this boils down to killing off the poor and uneducated. Because intelligence can also be a burden if it is present without the other traits necessary for a socially functional human, e.g. Autism. Because by artificially selecting for one trait at the cost of any others, you run the risk of allowing negative traits to proliferate. Because by defining intelligence and selecting for that particular definition you are actually confining it's development. Because intelligence is not strictly transmittable through generations: many geniuses have sired perfectly ordinary descendents, while savants may arise from the most unlikely places.
Stop hating stupid people. You are one.