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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Or maybe geeks just can’t get laid. :-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Jim Kinney<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 14, 2010
2:40 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Atlanta
Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region> chooses
FreeBSD as basis for secure OS</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>my bias in my statement
was geared ONLY for "in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>". <br>
<br>
In more agricultural environments, higher child count is the norm. This is
related to the higher child mortality rates.<br>
<br>
In the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
the more a parent team knows, the less likely they are to have an abundance of
children. They know what is involved and are wisely reluctant to shoulder that
burden.<br>
<br>
Whereas the lower end of the education scale has people who have trailer parks
full of kids because they don't know any better. <br>
<br>
It's really more of a cultural thing than an IQ thing. People tend to clump
into similar social groups. It's a rare thing to see intelligentsia arise from
a trailer park (but it _does_ happen - I've seen it). But the combined drive
for high intellectual achievement coupled with the drive for high birth rate is
far less common.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Joe Knapka <<a
href="mailto:jknapka@kneuro.net">jknapka@kneuro.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Perhaps, but correlation is not causation. My SO lived in a<br>
third-world country for a decade, where the level of education was<br>
generally low and families tended to be be larger than we're used to<br>
here. But she says she didn't know a single family that hadn't lost<br>
at least one child. In this case it seems obvious (which doesn't ==<br>
"is true") that larger families are simply a response to higher<br>
mortality, rather than anything to do with parental education. (Of<br>
course the overall level of education in that society probably has<br>
something to do with higher child mortality, but that's a distinct<br>
issue.)<br>
<font color="#888888"><span style='color:#888888'><br>
-- JK</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:26 AM, Jim Kinney <<a
href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Not quite. Intelligence is selected for but stupid breeds faster and more<br>
> often.<br>
><br>
> Higher educated families have a strong tendency towards fewer children.<br>
> Larger families are associated with lower education.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Charles Shapiro <<a
href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Therefor, intelligence is selected against. Hmm.<br>
>><br>
>> -- CHS<br>
>><br>
>> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Brian Stanaland <<a
href="mailto:brian@stanaland.org">brian@stanaland.org</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> > For the eventual outcome of that just watch Idiocracy.<br>
>> ><br>
>> > --Brian<br>
>> ><br>
>> > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Lightner, Jeff <<a
href="mailto:jlightner@water.com">jlightner@water.com</a>><br>
>> > wrote:<br>
>> >> Birth is the problem. Far more stupid people procreate
than<br>
>> >> intelligent ones.<br>
>> >><br>
>> ><br>
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> --<br>
> --<br>
> James P. Kinney III<br>
> I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.<br>
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