Overpopulation Will Be The Death of Us ALL!!!
Seriously now, what's it going to take before yous top eating steer and pig, taking 3 hour showers, and leaving your computer on all night long while you proudly sleep with the lights on to your favorite radio station?
I'm not quite sure I could handle it. But if I had to, I might sleep in the dark.
I turn my computer off at night, take 5-10 minute showers, eat things associated with pig only once in a great while, and my room is completely dark when I sleep.
About the only thing I leave on is my iPod.
I completely agree. At this point, people should have the common decency to stop bearing children.
FF VII FTW
Originally Posted by FF VII
I'm a strong advocate for adoption. There's too much in the world that needs to be taken care of.
Having said that it's usually the intelligent people who should procreate that are choosing not too.
Boldly go.
People in general should be more practical in their lifestyle habits. Things like turning off lights when you leave a room and taking reasonable showers are things that shouldn't inconvenience anyone. On the other hand, no one should be expected to comply with some of the insane rhetoric being perpetuated by some conservation groups. Like I said in the other thread, many of the problems we face today concerning the natural world are not happening because of what we're doing to the environment, but instead of what we're doing to each other.
EDIT: Wait. What are we talking about?
From a human rights standpoint, anyone woman should be allowed to have children. From a sociological and economic standpoint, I would recommend other means be explored. Is there any proof that intelligent people, genetically give birth to children that are considerably more adept to learning than children of so-called "normal" parents? Or can the discrepancy be explained through the nurturing process? Either way, I guess I agree with you.
The very same thought crossed my mind.
You edited your post and now mine looks out of place and stupid. ;_;
Last edited by Jowy; 11-29-2006 at 05:38 AM.
Nature (genetics) does play a minor-MINOR role but I'm banking on the nurturing process.
Higher IQ ususally means that an individual has better problem solving skills so that when a child does something wrong a parent can rely on these skills as opposed to resorting immediately to physical punishment (which tends to happen out of fustration for lack of anything better to do). Also, people who generally have a higher academic based IQ (logical mathamatical, linguistic, spatial) tend to go to college more frequently and consequently get better jobs and thus better pay. Pay is important to support a child. More money usually means that food is a better quality and food is essential in a child's mental and physical growth. More money also means that a parent can offer their child extra-curricular activities to stimulate social skills ... but yeah there's a whole bunch of subsequent factors.
Last edited by Chemical; 11-29-2006 at 05:42 AM.
Boldly go.
Dude. The title of this thread and the first post barely relate to each other. Seriously, what's the topic, overpopulation, or energy and food conservation?
In any case I think people who can't afford children should not pop out babies. It's curious to me that so many people with poverty or near-poverty income have so many children. I may be discriminating against poor people, but tough. If you can't afford to financially support children, don't have them.
The thread ain't dead yet. It's actually kind of interesting, so I'm not editing anything.Dude. The title of this thread and the first post barely relate to each other. Seriously, what's the topic, overpopulation, or energy and food conservation?
A world were only intelligent people were bred would be a very horrible world in the long run. Imagine a world where everyone was inclined to go to college to learn higher end jobs, and had the potential for better social understanding. With everyone wanting the better jobs, who would be the farmers, the mechanics, or the department store cashiers? Intelligent people wouldn't want these jobs, yet they still need done. Now imagine if the government came up with a system to fill these jobs, whether it be by lottery, chosen by birth, or any other means. The person chosen would not be happy with their life.
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Gods and clods, hero.
You can't breed intelligent people and we're never going to have intellectual households as nurturing environments across the board. You have nothing to worry about.
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