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cloudcroft

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I haven't seenthat of what you speak: Improvement in the gene pool. And there are LOTS (millions upon millions, to paraphrase Carl Sagan) of stupid people in the world, with more being born every day.

How do you entertain such optimism?

-- John D.
 

Task Force 16

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cloudcroft wrote:
I haven't seenthat of what you speak: Improvement in the gene pool. And there are LOTS (millions upon millions, to paraphrase Carl Sagan) of stupid people in the world, with more being born every day.

How do you entertain such optimism?

-- John D.

I can dream can't I?

Thething is, if it weren't for natural selection, we'd be much worse off.
 

Shovelhead

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Task Force 16 wrote:
An excellent example of how natural selection effectively culls out the stupid of the species, thereby improving the quality of the gene pool.
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It's useless tomake something "Idiot-Proof".[/align]
[align=center]Nature keeps building better Idiots.[/align]
 

Huck

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cloudcroft wrote:
I haven't seenthat of what you speak: Improvement in the gene pool. And there are LOTS (millions upon millions, to paraphrase Carl Sagan) of stupid people in the world, with more being born every day.

How do you entertain such optimism?

-- John D.

This was forseen.

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools." Herbert Spencer, 1820-1903
 

thnycav

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How could this happen the Police officer and the others where OCing that should have stopped it from the start.

By the way there is no such thing as idiot proof the best you can get is idiot resistant.
 

scorpio_vette

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cloudcroft wrote:
I haven't seen that of what you speak: Improvement in the gene pool. And there are LOTS (millions upon millions, to paraphrase Carl Sagan) of stupid people in the world, with more being born every day.

How do you entertain such optimism?

-- John D.

the reason for that is because the government has suppressed natural selection and keeps protecting people from Darwinism.
 

ixtow

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cloudcroft wrote:
I haven't seenthat of what you speak: Improvement in the gene pool. And there are LOTS (millions upon millions, to paraphrase Carl Sagan) of stupid people in the world, with more being born every day.

How do you entertain such optimism?

-- John D.
You, sir, have just described my separation from humanity.

I harbor no optimism for that race, and even refuse to admit to being part of it...

There aren't enough bullets in the world to result in a majority of smart people.
 

noname762

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thnycav wrote:
How could this happen the Police officer and the others where OCing that should have stopped it from the start.

By the way there is no such thing as idiot proof the best you can get is idiot resistant.
I heartily agree with the "idiot resistant" concept. Although in my experience even that is a real stretch. I can't say more in order to protect the confused 'near' idiots I've encountered.
 
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