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Are People Getting Dumber? One Geneticist Thinks So
"A Stanford geneticist says humans have so many genetic mutations that we're less intelligent than our ancestors, and it's getting worse."
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Yes. People are getting dumber and indoctrinated. Look at all the illiterate people whom voted for [o]bama again. This thing has performed more criminal and treasonous acts than ever, even more than Saint Abe
Yes. People are getting dumber and indoctrinated. Look at all the illiterate people whom voted for [o]bama again. This thing has performed more criminal and treasonous acts than ever, even more than Saint Abe
And, look at all the [functionally] illiterate persons who voted for Mitt Romney.
"If violent offenders are psychopathic, they are able to assault, rape, and murder without concern for legal, moral, or social consequences. This allows them to do what they want, whenever they want. Ironically, these same traits exist in men and women who are drawn to high-profile and powerful positions in society including political officeholders. " ~ Harrison Koehli, Ponerology[1] 101: The Political Psychopath
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[1] Political Ponerology
Now that is a word. A word which fits the entire political structure of this nation.
"...Similarly, he believes evolution now selects for other traits--namely, the most healthy and the most immune, not the most intelligent..."
Highly educated ignoramuses are incapable of determining the roll of environment (the example you and I set) in the promotion of intelligence.
But hope is on the way.
Sam
Thank you, Sam! Twilight of the Psychopaths was like a tiny ray of sunshine, in what appears to be an otherwise dark future for mankind.
Greetings Sam.
The Barrett piece was genius of a phrophet. Having read this I now even grow more fearful of the "ponerologist" resting on the seat of power of the U.S. Brillian piece. It is as close to the truth that one could possibly get.