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Poll

Should we require an IQ test to breed??

Absolutely!56%56% - 116
No way, free love, man ...35%35% - 74
What's an IQ test?7%7% - 16
Total: 206
2006-09-14 03:17:47
Sgt.Zubie
Member
+77|6843
The fact that this topic is received with such gusto is an indictment in itself. Frankly it offends me and makes me wonder if this test shouldn't have been in place long ago!

And to the person who said kill all people when they reach the age of 65...will you feel that way if you are lucky enough to live to that age and be healthy and of sound mind? or what about your parents or siblings?

Or what if you are not healthy when you reach this age or of sound mind...I guess we can just shoot you then?

We ever get like that and it opens a whole Pandora's box.
2006-09-15 04:47:12
Shahter
Zee Ruskie
+295|7043|Moscow, Russia
"Nature commits no errors; right and wrong are human categories. - Pardot Kynes, Arrakis Lectures" (Brian Herbert)

voted no. fascizm and negative eugenics aside: i'd say that since so called "modern civilization" started developing to these very days humans have been busy improving their "crutches" - or inventing new for that matter - but for some reason nobody is willing to try and learn how to actually "walk". simply put: more people should be given opportunities to improve their iq, common sence and stuff like that - to improve THEMSELVES, basically. i do think desire for that it is right there - in human nature. but as long as everybody' brain is being pumped with "californication" right from the cradle, not many people will able to look past that shit.

yeah, yeah, i know, that sounds like yet another utopia. but, ultimately, i think that's the only way to solve this "degrading humanity" problem. messing with natural order of things is just going to make the situation worse, imho.
if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.
2006-09-15 05:13:40
twiistaaa
Member
+87|6936|mexico
if everyone had brains and no brawn who is going to build houses and farm land? everyone will be studying to become doctors and engineers.

and intelligence has nothing to do with common sense.
2006-09-15 06:31:57
oug
Calmer than you are.
+380|6787|Πάϊ
Puckmercury, the nazis has a similar tactic with what is being proposed here. Makes you think don't it? Or maybe not...
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2006-09-15 11:04:05
Scorpion0x17
can detect anyone's visible post count...
+691|7033|Cambridge (UK)

twiistaaa wrote:

if everyone had brains and no brawn who is going to build houses and farm land? everyone will be studying to become doctors and engineers.

and intelligence has nothing to do with common sense.
And who's going to tell you how to build a house and farm land. Everyone will be all muscle and no brain, right?

(BTW, I'm being deliberately rediculous, to make the following point: 'Brains' has nothing to do with how 'brawny' you are/aren't and vica versa.)
2006-09-15 17:50:48
manitobapaintballa
Member
+32|6886
since your iq will have no bearing on your kids no........ i know people whos parents are smart and their kids are dumb as a stump and vice versa so ya...
2006-09-15 18:13:56
Poseidon
Fudgepack DeQueef
+3,253|6805|Long Island, New York
Not all stupid parents have stupid kids. I have a friend who's parents are complete failures and don't understand simple concepts or math, and their son is BRILLIANT.
2006-09-15 21:58:49
twiistaaa
Member
+87|6936|mexico

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

twiistaaa wrote:

if everyone had brains and no brawn who is going to build houses and farm land? everyone will be studying to become doctors and engineers.

and intelligence has nothing to do with common sense.
And who's going to tell you how to build a house and farm land. Everyone will be all muscle and no brain, right?

(BTW, I'm being deliberately rediculous, to make the following point: 'Brains' has nothing to do with how 'brawny' you are/aren't and vica versa.)
i just meant it takes all types, and we currently have all types. so worrying about intelligence doesnt really matter. we need to worry about classism and social issues, not our gene pool. we arent the number one species because of selective breeding. that works itself out naturally. everyone alive deserves to be.

Last edited by twiistaaa (2006-09-16 00:13:54)

2006-09-15 22:42:15
Gen. Payne
Member
+50|6974|USA
Forget requiring an IQ test to breed. Here's a much better idea, taken from my "Top 100 IRC quotes" post

<xterm> The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?

 

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