"The overall correlation between cognitive ability scores and the number of children born is r=−0.11" “Small”effects can have very large consequences, particularly when applied to large populations and can accumulate over time." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886918302903 …
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Replying to @NoamJStein
In the absence of harsh Malthusianism, dysgenic process dominates. Historical optimism is simple error.
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Replying to @Outsideness @NoamJStein
Admin believed we're doomed from dysgenics. Also believes in runaway technomic feedback loop. Doesn't see that if the second is true the first must be false, because the second must inevitably infiltrate the first with genetic upgrades.
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Replying to @AMK2934 @NoamJStein
Inhumanly uneven distribution of the techonomic surplus is the only antidote to dysgenics. ...
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... And actually, because humans cannot be trusted not to squander the techonomic surplus on relaxation, Capital autonomization will probably have to do the tough love.
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Replying to @Outsideness @NoamJStein
Ya know, a civilization can just archive a few billion genomes, and keep printing the same people over and over, and totally prevent this, right? I would.
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Replying to @Outsideness @NoamJStein
It does work. It can work. It can even work without loss of information. There is a whole thing on this which is the basis for the construction of self-replicating probeshttps://youtu.be/V-96C4ExhWM?t=425 …
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Who said they would be uniform? A few billion is still diverse, and the central authority running things can spawn multiple new editions every year, try them out, and see what is working best. A whole society of competing corporations producing newly upgraded humans
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