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To: Seeker of Truth who wrote (30199)	3/26/2003 6:15:17 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

<So why are there so many idiots? Alas, smart people tend to have few children and dumb people tend to have more children. This is the trend of rich countries. And the U.S. has been rich longer than any of the others. The genetic decline has gone on longer > Hi again Malcolm. But the Flynn Effect says that's not true. The conventional theory you propound sounds good, but the facts are that even if the less intelligent are breeding, that's not reflected in actual measured population intelligence. Therefore, the theory has a hole in the bucket. What's more, the Flynn Effect is a worldwide phenomenon. Mqurice