[ExI] re end of world

[Tara Maya]

I don’t think people would regress to lower IQs, but perhaps the fashion industry and monster truck shows would collapse.


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> On Sep 10, 2015, at 3:15 PM, William Flynn Wallace <foozler83 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Mike Dougherty <msd001 at gmail.com <mailto:msd001 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:12 PM, William Flynn Wallace
> <foozler83 at gmail.com <mailto: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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