my bias in my statement was geared ONLY for "in the US". <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 US, 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.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Joe Knapka <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jknapka@kneuro.net">jknapka@kneuro.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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>
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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>
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> On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 10:40 AM, Charles Shapiro <<a href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>><br>
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>><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>
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>> > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Lightner, Jeff <<a href="mailto:jlightner@water.com">jlightner@water.com</a>><br>
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>> >> Birth is the problem. Far more stupid people procreate than<br>
>> >> intelligent ones.<br>
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