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Basic income is a potentially unlimited liability without any government control over fertility. If the needs of the portion of the population that are net cons
by crassus 12y ago
Basic income is a potentially unlimited liability without any government control over fertility. If the needs of the portion of the population that are net consumers grow quicker than the surplus from net producers, an economic apocalypse happens sooner or later.
In a world of dysgenic fertility, this is guaranteed[1].
[1] http://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2014/06/dysgenics-is-mostly-due-to-reduced.html http://charltonteaching.blogspot.com/2014/06/dysgenics-is-mo...
- Tossrock 12y agoThe entire premise of this completely unsubstantiated blog post is refuted by the well-substantiated Flynn effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flynn_effect
- crassus 12y agoProbably a positive environmental effect masking decline in genetic potential IQ, which there is evidence for: http://www.xenosystems.net/dysgenic-reactions/ http://www.xenosystems.net/dysgenic-reactions/