RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] speaking of apocalyptic horsemen...

["Matthew Ross" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> The issue here is that someone will reproduce and someone else won't.
> This will hold even if the mean rate of reproduction declines.  So who
> gets to have the kids?  If it won't be determined by a random 
> lottery, I
> think it should be determined by a design that allows smarter and
> healthier people to have the kids.  I don't think it should 
> be determined
> by a design that gives preference to people who are below average in
> intelligence and health.  That's all.  Unfortunately, it 
> sometimes seems
> that the default system is the latter system.

I think at this point, unless we are willing to track each birth, and force each kid to go to school through college from that point on, we should base it off wether the parent has an education, as that shows an interest in higher learning that is often passed down, though nobody knows if thats genetic or environmental, either way, they're getting both from the parent.
Second, as you said, is health and intellegence. 

On the other hand, what do we do with Hawking types? Huge intellegence, terrible health, and the health problems are often genetic.

> > I didn't say contracept everybody, you know SOMEBODY will 
> have kids, its
> > just that you volunteer not to be that somebody.
> 
> And the volunteers are volunteering for exctinction.  Who needed those
> helpful volunteer types anyway?  ;-)

They're volunteering because they are concerned and not selfish or genetically conscious. Not many people think about what genetic heritage they pass on, unless they have a completely horrid set of genes to pass on. I'm not eager to pass on my genes, as my family has heart problems, alcoholism, digestive track problems, and a variety of other issues which are passed on genetically, and so far, I seem to be the intellectual fluke in the family, although others may be in hiding. Everybody else uses WindowsXP.

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