[Futurework] Re: Over and under pop (was More hardwiring)

[Selma Singer]

Harry,   As you may or may not remember from messages I have posted in the very distant past on this list, I worry less about our being overwhelmed with stupid poor people and more about all the geniuses that are lost because simply because they are born into poverty and remain there.   Selma     ----- Original Message ----- From: Harry Pollard To: 'Selma Singer' ; 'Ray Evans Harrell' ; 'Keith Hudson' ; 'Harry Pollard' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 7:19 PM Subject: Over and under pop (was More hardwiring) Selma,   People who worry about such things are often vocal about the failure of the West to maintain their populations. Also, they relate the fecundity of the "lower classes" (and by implication the intellectually challenged classes) to the childless, or single child families of the professional classes.   Wasn't it Murray with his "Bell curve" who warned us all of the dire consequences of a future in which the less able in every way would be increasing in numbers, even as the intellectually brilliant people were diminishing and perhaps dying out. Science-fiction writers tend to be futurists. You may remember me mentioning "The Marching Morons" - with which more than 50 years ago Kornbluth entertainingly brought this future to our attention.   However, this is something that governments, countries, economies, are concerned with. All of them try to manipulate us, and worrying about a diminishing population takes its place beside worrying about an increasing population.   Harry        From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Selma Singer Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 12:57 PM To: Harry Pollard; 'Ray Evans Harrell'; 'Keith Hudson'; 'Harry Pollard' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] More hardwiring. Gosh, Harry, I didn't think that maintaining a population was a problem for any society today.   Selma     ----- Original Message ----- From: Harry Pollard To: 'Selma Singer' ; 'Ray Evans Harrell' ; 'Keith Hudson' ; 'Harry Pollard' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 3:42 PM Subject: RE: [Futurework] More hardwiring. Selma,   I suspect that a society that doesn't encourage its reproductive characteristics won't be around for very long.   Harry From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Selma Singer Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 3:02 PM To: Ray Evans Harrell; Keith Hudson; Harry Pollard Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] More hardwiring. I haven't been following this thread too carefully but has anyone brought up the fact that all human beings are biologically both male and female? All humans have both male and female hormones, and the Xs and Ys don't always come out the way we think they're supposed to.   My position is that, if we lived in a society which did not judge the issue, we would all be bisexual in varying degrees.   Selma