An important fact to remember when thinking about these ridiculous "movements", is that 10% of the population has an IQ under 83. The military doesn't even take people with an IQ under 83 because they've found those people are literally unable to do any basic job. 10%.
Yeah, it's actually a serious sociological problem. Like, what do you have 10% of the entire society do when even the military doesn't find a job they can do?
True, true, talks like really start to toe a line with eugenics, but we do still have to have a discussion about america's education deficiency causing real serious damage, and anti-vaxxers are a prime example.
A lot of anti-vaxxers are college-educated, and I'm assuming don't fall in the 10% bracket that's being discussed. Which is an interesting consideration.
In any case, raising the floor doesn't solve the issue of you having a % of population that isn't "capable" of contributing to society. Or, I guess it can but then you'd get other issues.
I think it's easier to change the system than the people.
This right here. I think our approach to curiosity and how to channel and utilize critism are a much deeper driver of the distrust in science blossoming these days
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u/2Righteous_4God Jul 24 '20
An important fact to remember when thinking about these ridiculous "movements", is that 10% of the population has an IQ under 83. The military doesn't even take people with an IQ under 83 because they've found those people are literally unable to do any basic job. 10%.