If people produce dumb children is this bettering society in any way?
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do you want your next leader to be decided by people who cannot reason to the maximum degree necessary in deciding such important positions
your thoughts please!Should lower IQ couples be allowed to have children? Should lower IQ individuals be allowed to vote?
In effect I kind of agree with you. Unfortunately that equates to Fascism. We cannot be a true Democratic Republic if we do not allow all of our citizens a voice.
As to the question of children. I believe it is reasonable for a couple or single to be made to take a parenting exam before producing a member of our society. We have to take tests and demonstrate our skill in order to drive a car, but we allow any idiot to raise a serial killer or pedophile. At the first sign of pregnancy the test should be administered and if failing the pregnancy should be aborted. Or perhaps even better to appease the right-to-life crowd we should have forced contraception, in the form of a pill or shot. If you miss your clinic appointment, then sterilization. Yeah I know I'll get letters.Should lower IQ couples be allowed to have children? Should lower IQ individuals be allowed to vote?
Thanks man. It is true that most people here read the words but don't translate the intent.
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freedom is very important. sometimes the people you consider dumb or otherwise undesirable have important contributions to society (or their descendants will). diversity is an important facet of any population, and beneficial to humanity as a whole.
That said, don't be hatin on the libs!
Yes. Everyone has the right to have children and vote no matter who they are. Sometimes dumb children don't come from dumb parents. Sometimes it depends on the person (how hard do they work?). Don't the electorial colleges elect the president anyways?
they are still part of our society. just because they are less smarter than others doesn't mean thay can't have the same rights as smarter people.
Why not? They can become President.
If we let Republicans vote, I think we have to let everyone vote. :)
Re: voting, we make it so that everyone should have a say becasue we assume that they know what they want and should have the right to have those wishes represented. In a country like Australia where voting is compulsory, it does not yield the best response as even low-IQ people must vote. However, in the US low-IQ people are allowed to vote, so... same problem I guess.
As for children, there's not much we can do about it but breed a lot if we are intelligent and hope the Darwin Awards have lots of notable entries to keep the numbers down.
I believe that democrats should have the right to reproduce !!!
They seem to know that there is something wrong with them ergo they abort their offspring!
Yahoo answers would be very boring without the baaing of all the sheep!
yes to both questions. i don't believe in such a thing as dumb. everybody is special in his own way. we can only have one leader %26amp; the rest are followers but we cannot have all leaders and no followers. we need proper balance in our society. those people who cannot reason to the maximum degree contribute to the society as well and they have equal rights as everybody else. it is now the challenge of those people with high Iq to go down to the level of the ones with low IQ (if they are truly competent to be resilient %26amp; diverse).
yes, IQ is just judging math not other things so why shouldn't they be able to (besides lower IQ often have smart babies)
Well then that would mean you won't be able to produce children..
That is ridiculous, just because some people may not have big IQ's is in no way, shape or form a reason for them to not have children. They could be good people and be able to raise extremely intelligent people.
I work with mentally handicapped adults. Yes, they all vote. It is their right as Americans. There are a lot of high-functioning people that voted for Bush, if that tells you anything.
you know I would have to agree with you in a way
SOME stupid people will only end up raising stupid kids and then the world will be more full of stupid people
but you can' t deny people the right to have kids
The real question we should be asking is...should lower IQ people be allowed to ask questions...?
what is this...that darwin list? i remeber this from bio...
You related to Adolf
While an IQ test can be revealing regarding certain types of intelligence, I don't think it's a good way of determining overall intelligence. And besides, I've known some very smart people who were selfish, narcissistic and completely lacking in social abilities and moral intelligence. So, no, it shouldn't be a factor.
Someone has to dig the ditches.
if the parents r dumb that doesnt mean the kids will come out dumb its like if the parents do drugs that doesnt mean the kids r gonna come out doin drugs its all in the enviormnment the kid has 2 go 2 school lower individuals should vote bcuz it is their patriotic duty
yes
';Stupid people shouldn't breed!'; Today, with so many technological advancements, humans have little use for the...argh, can't think of the phrase...the strong people survive...ack. (It's going to bug me until I think of it or someone mentions it.) When people with lower IQs have children, those children will also have low IQs. I recently read in my psychology book that IQ is determined entirely on genetics. Not so much at a young age, but as adults, children are shown to have identical IQs as their parents, even if they were adopted.
As for voting, those with lower IQs will not take into consideration all of the facts and vote primarily on superficial aspects. Therefore, we may not get a leader who will be the best for us.
How would we measure IQs and determine who is fit to have children/vote or not? In my psychology book as well, and from personal experience, IQ tests are also superficial and not accurate. No one IQ test can measure everything, not to mention, how would we determine which skills/knowledge would be essential on an IQ test? EQ (emotional intelligence), musical or spatial intelligence?
But do we really have the right to tell a couple that they can't have children or that they do not have the right to vote? Does a land surveyor, who is rich in ';spatial intelligence';, have less of a right to bear offspring that an MD?
That is a really good ethical question. My brain hurts.
(Hm, nature vs. nurture debate on the heredity of IQ :P. I thought IQ would be more nurture vs. nature; however, I merely used the info. I learned from my college book.
After reading other answers as well, I think it's funny that people are taking offense to this question. Many act like you are saying outright 'Stupid people shouldn't have the right to breed or vote!''; heh)
I think a distinction needs to be made between low IQ and native intelligence. There are plenty of smart people who can score terribly on IQ tests because the tests have knowledge, experience, and cultural biases. High functioning IQ is also dependent on educational opportunity and supportive environment. I'd therefore suggest filtering society by IQ could have some spectacularly aberrant results.
The democratic party has no such restrictions
Well they should be able to have children, because there's many ways we can make use of them, but as for the voting, im not so sure. Besides, an IQ test doesnt determine your ability to make good decisions.
No, they should not be allowed to vote, but the entire democratic base would be out. Dems would have a hissy fit.
nobody alive is really all that stupid because otherwise they would die off due to inability to make decisions. If someone has the intelligence to at least feed himself and survive then he can choose a president.
Because choosing a good president is also essentially a way to help you survive i.e. it makes your life better to have a president that will protect and feed his nation.
Its pretty obvious to anyone that most Americans are controlled by the liberal media today. I think democracy has outlived its usefullness. Time for the Military to decide the leaders.
no, stupid people shouldnt breed..its not good for society...
Are you old enough to vote?
And how come YOUR parents had you!
And a dumb person is someone who cannot physically speak!
I think YOU are referring to retards!
So YOU are NOT as clever as YOU think!
Vote yes...... Children? A license
lol...you do have a point...but i believe the main people who should not be allowed to parent children are the gay ones because they are all perverted and will probly molest the poor things
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