As a species conquers nature, natural selection by intelligence diminishes leading eventually to the ultimate idiot.
Agreed. You can make the case people a hundred years ago were smarter. I was looking at an old turn of the century school curriculum, and WOW! I would probably fail!
I’m pretty sure there were plenty of idiots in past generations who could claim challenge to that title. In civilized western society they were previously taken care of through a combination of church and personal charity. Now it’s a matter of state and we not only take care of them but provide incentives for them to extend their lineage.
I don’t think they are necessarily any less intelligent than the morons of old but there sure are a lot more of them.
When I first glanced at your post, I thought the pic above it went with it as an example. Hehehe. d;^)