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26/08/14

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Originally posted by pintohoo ↑

Personally I think as we have less large numbers of people in wars - talking about Western nations here - then I think we probably will become more stupid.

War sorts intelligence out pretty well.

Sure, you lose bright people -- but, you lose a lot more stupid one's. Once you lose them, they can't breed. So the breeders who are left are brighter.

Look at a lot of earlier wars - what do you notice about cannon fodder? Many of them are thick as two short planks.

WW2, who gets killed - someone who is smart enough to keep their head down or someone who is as vague as all get out?

It's a numbers game - yep, we lose many bright ones - but, we sure lose a lot more dumb ones.

It may well be a very ugly way to cull the thick - but, it is effective.

have a great night

Pinto

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Pinto,

You sound like Joseph Stalin (or as his friends called him, Josif) with that post.

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