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It's comforting to know that while things may seem to be going in one direction, the opposite is actually happening. IQ isn't a static measurement, nor is it all that useful.. However it has been trending upwards ever since it's inception. Meaning that what 100 IQ currently is used to be closer to 130 back in our grandparents time.
The pseudoscience behind it is straight from eugenics.
Despite that, its depiction of an ignorant society unaware of the technology supporting it was incredibly prophetic. If we ignore the "dumb people reproducing" bit, we can see it as a warning about how an uneducated society is detrimental for everyone.
I mean, we have flat earthers, for fuck's sake.
Idioctacy isn't about how stupid society has become, it's literally justifying Eugenics.
It's a 90 minute film. You are taking issue with the first 2 minutes.
Also, eugenics involves unnatural control and sterilisation. It sounds like you have a problem with intelligence being inherited.
You are taking issue with the first 2 minutes.
It's the friggin setup to the movie.
sounds like you have a problem with intelligence being inherited.
... which is a eugenisist idea.
As far as I'm aware there's little doubt genetics play a role in intelligence though? Of course it would not have as extreme of an effect as in the movie for a multitude of reasons.
We don't have to pretend that genetics don't matter, we can just agree that eugenics are morally wrong because all people should have the right to reproduce.
Source?
I don't like idiocracy bc irl the opposition is not actually stupid, they know exactly what they are doing. Also the eugenics is not fantastic
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It was not supposed to be an instructional video