That's a common misconception about genetics. In fact, the children of a very smart person tend to regress toward the mean (just as the children of a very dumb person). So a smart person choosing not to have children doesn't typically produce the outcome you think it does.
Also, your view overlooks the power of ideas, and the degree to which a person can choose to focus on ideas instead of children.
Here's an example -- do you know the names of Einstein's children? I do -- they're special relativity, general relativity, and the photoelectric effect. They look great together in family pictures.
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> Great, take smart people out of the gene pool.
That's a common misconception about genetics. In fact, the children of a very smart person tend to regress toward the mean (just as the children of a very dumb person). So a smart person choosing not to have children doesn't typically produce the outcome you think it does.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean
Also, your view overlooks the power of ideas, and the degree to which a person can choose to focus on ideas instead of children.
Here's an example -- do you know the names of Einstein's children? I do -- they're special relativity, general relativity, and the photoelectric effect. They look great together in family pictures.