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To: wideawake
I assume that's a dig at me.

No, but if you think it fits, by all means take offense.

Seriously, there is a strong inverse correlation between I.Q. and reproduction in our society. The stupider people are, the more likely it is that they will have kids. And unlike religion, intelligence is genetically heritable. So my "scientific" reason for having more kids is to spam the gene pool with genes that at least score well.

But the real reason is that I just love 'em. Love making 'em too. (...he said, in a halfhearted attempt to bring the thread back on track.)

223 posted on 10/10/2006 11:24:23 AM PDT by Physicist
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To: Physicist
The stupider people are, the more likely it is that they will have kids. And unlike religion, intelligence is genetically heritable. So my "scientific" reason for having more kids is to spam the gene pool with genes that at least score well.

Very interesting. Being unable to make children from scratch, I "ordered delivery". My kids are Korean, my wife and I are are caucasian. My children share their birthmother (but probably not birth fathers).

That makes my family a living study of nature/nurture . Things are furthur muddied because I do not believe in tying any aspect of a person to their race. So, although my kids are extremely intelligent and academically advanced (thus feeding the Asian sterotype), they are also slothful and self-centered (definitely NOT Asian sterotypes). They like video games and country music, and hate Korean food.

Color me a strong beliver in nurture over nature.

237 posted on 10/10/2006 11:35:01 AM PDT by Warren_Piece (Smart is easy. Good is hard.)
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