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by chillacy 3697 days ago
> And then, on a national level, mean IQ has a much more pronounced impact (law of big numbers). Averaging down the intelligence of your population is an irreversible process. Once you mixed it down, the only way (for now) to bring it back up would be to be actively reproduce smart people for it. Even if you are not smart yourself, having high IQ people is needed to maintain and improve your surroundings. If I remember correctly, the US Army doesn't accept people with an IQ lower than ~85 because it's counterproductive to have them around.

I think the poster is suggesting making that decision for (presumably) his race.

Though implicit is the assumption that the natural way to group people is by ethnicity, but you could argue for grouping by country, social class, income, education, etc. For instance, I feel way more connection with techy/nerdy people who grew up similarly than I do to, say, a gang member who spent years in jail but happens to be my ethnicity.
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Frozenlock 3697 days ago
I'm pretty much a libertarian, so I don't have a strong opinion on what the laws should be. (At least for now.)

But I note that there are consequences.

Some people justify environmental laws because of their consequences on the future of a nation. I can easily see the same logic used to prevent the "degradation" of a population.

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chillacy 3697 days ago
> future of a nation

> degradation of a population

Assuming we're talking about America (apologies if not) and segregating populations into races in america as they're recognized, I don't see how these two goals match up.

If you care about the nation of America, then the answer according to the data is to ship in a bunch of smart asians to raise the IQ.

Or am I under the false belief that anybody can be American, not just (I'm guessing since it's the majority group) white people?

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Frozenlock 3697 days ago
Not an American, but I think you are right.

Preventing interracial marriage wouldn't change a thing for the country as a whole, because people would just continue to reproduce with their own race.

Nevermind, I was wrong.

I don't see how my personal race preference could be applied to a country.

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