[ExI] re end of world

[William Flynn Wallace]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:12 PM, William Flynn Wallace
> <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > If all people with IQs below 150 became sterile, would the gene pool that
> > was left eventually create a population averaging 100 IQ?
>
> Yes, because the 'average' is 100.  That may be an order of magnitude
> more capable, it would still be measured as 100.
>
> In order words, you would effectively lower the IQ of every survivor,
>
> "lies, damned lies, statistics"
>

​well, yes, I suppose I worded that awkwardly.  What I meant was, would the
mental ability of the average person who survived eventually regress to the
mental ability we now call IQ 100?  I don't know enough genetics to answer
that. bill w​


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