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I took this story from the MSN news page. What caught my attention is not that there were 150 people at the funeral but that the 17 year old killed is a father of three. Surely that is a mistake. If not it is far too late for a Darwin award for him.

Moravian 8 Apr 19
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Possibly they were triplets?
But the number of attendees, the bikers, and the general disregard for the law speaks volumes about the society to which the boy belonged.

Petter Level 9 Apr 19, 2020
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The average teenage boy, given the chance, could and would, happily father about fourteen children a week. Fortunately most teenage and older females have the measure of them, but occasionally some get through the net. Sadly in Darwinian terms, being stupid enough not to understand how contraception works, is the best strategy available to humans now, so that the next giant evolutionary leap forward for the human race, will be, to become really stupid.

( This is not altogether a joke, there is some evidence that human brains have been shrinking since the agricultural revolution. )

Fernapple Level 9 Apr 19, 2020

Remember, it's not brain size that matters, but the number and complexity of its connections.
Marie Curie, an undoubted genius, had one of the smallest brains ever measured.

@Petter Yes but there is no evidence that the complexity of connections is increasing as the size shrinks. And that would not change the main point, because the selective preasure would drive down the number of connections too.

@Fernapple Too many humans will lead to a ruined planet, and ultimate extinction of homo sapiens, so perhaps excessive breeding is not a good strategy.
On the other hand, fewer homo sapiens, all with increased intelligence, would be an evolutionary plus, especially with robotics taking over many of the tasks performed by the menial masses.

@Petter Yes that would e a good thing perhapes. But my point is that exactly the opposite is going to happen.

@Fernapple maybe, but not necessarily.

@Petter Of course there are many other possibles. One of which is that while the poor are left to degenerate, the rich will be able to afford genetic engineering and elective eugenics. Eventually becoming two sub-species.
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