Brett

What do you mean by ‘negative impact’?

Why is this so? In what way is society more complex than humans?

From this I’m guessing that you mean each evolving stage should be more complex than the last. That the next step makes the previous look simple. But ...

That’s very interesting. I’d agree with that. So where would that leave intelligence? Or do we think, or mistakingly believe, that the outcome of the ...

Are you suggesting that a barrage of possibilities is just brute force?

Examples: hydroelectric dams, car factories, space research tools, aviation systems. They don't look like very good examples to me for obvious reasons...

There's nothing complex about that. But look what came out of it.

I suppose I’m talking about memes here. The question then is, where do memes spawn, why do they survive, why do they invade other cultures so easily a...

That’s more of an objective. There are a lot of actions taken before that. It’s the core values that contribute to your survival. But I’d like to hear...

What I was referring to wasn’t products of a monetised culture, even though America is that. I was making use of the term product to show how an idea ...

Brute force and numbers. What a combination.

The idea of getting rid of things we don’t like is appealing: get rid of money, get rid of the bosses, get rid of the government. Maybe you haven’t re...

I would support that because it’s that more than any evolutionary driving force that has brought us here today. Without that there would be nothing. I...

Just wondering what ‘against all odds’ might mean here. Is there some objective truth to the idea of us being creative and intelligent humans? More th...

Bartrick’s post used the idea of licensing as a way to create a better world for everyone. I don’t disagree with that, just on how we do it. The objec...

So education (what was the education?) leads to fewer children leads to economic stability leads to stable children. My point about love and IQ was in...

It’s an observation only, but it seems to me that larger families come from those who struggle financially. If it’s true, why is this? I think it’s to...

Barking.

As I just said, the law is not about children breeding. Edit: it’s about protecting the child.

To answer one of your questions. This law is not about children breeding. It’s a law that applies to people over the age of consent. The law is not ab...

I suspect it wouldn’t take much to have you barking orders at others. You’re posts get more and more abusive.. I don’t know why. Is it because you dis...

Why don’t you address the rest of my post, not just eugenics? Why not address the potential problems of licensing?

Don’t you see the error in that statement?

The point is not the one sentence about eugenics. The point is the problem of authority over people, how complicated it is and the unknown knock-on ef...

A licence for procreation is really a license to have sex without fear of getting pregnant. Pregnancy without a license is a crime. Accidental pregnan...

I think you're the reason I'm against licensing for procreation.

Don’t play games. You expect more than this from others. So, who are the prospective parents that will know their child will have a low IQ?

You can try and turn it into a thought experiment. Who is “they”?

How could they know their child will have a low IQ?

So to refer back to my question, why do posts always refer to a Western capitalist economy and political system, as if that’s all there is?

It’s interesting how everyone keeps pointing to the targeting of the Western capitalist economy as the solution. China has a Communist government and ...

“Black Friday shoppers spent $7.4 billion online, the second largest Internet shopping day ever, according to data compiled by Adobe Analytics.” Not y...

I think the predictions are a way of imposing order in a chaotic world. It really is an existential moment on a grand scale. I’ve said this before, th...

Though nothing can survive extinction. Maybe you mean avoid extinction. What do you think the number of people being alive would qualify as ‘close to ...

And the only one capable of creating our own extinction.

I think that’s too sweeping. I know when I’m being unfair, manipulative or dishonest. I know when I’m wrong.

Yes, I understand that. So then, intelligence can be viewed as a threat to its host.

If successful reproduction is a sign of evolutionary fitness, then intelligence must be a big success. I’m not sure, but I think viruses are more succ...

So, has it done a good job or not?. What should we expect from it?

It’s not whether we can prevent our extinction I’m interested in, it’s about the nature of our intelligence.

That’s a list. I as really alluding to the idea of whether intelligence is an advantage or mistake of evolution, or if it has its limits and where tho...

How is Jung regarded these days?

It’s like a collective psychological disturbance. There’s nothing new there except the scale of it. Maybe this is the result of globalisation and tech...

What’s to be done? Persevere with plain speaking, be humble and curious.

Love it. Interesting and timely.

You make an interesting point. I can’t help but feel that all the finger pointing is diverting attention away from important issues that are suddenly ...

I wasn’t saying they were moral, only that they were adaptive. I think it’s a very interesting idea that Capitalism may contribute towards solving the...

That’s a very interesting point. I’d like to hear more on that.

Maybe not a purpose but a consequence that may in the long term be a disadvantage, Assuming that by disagreement with our own selves you mean the dile...

I had a read of your essay. Very interesting and relevant to this OP. Thanks for putting it up.