As for your main point, see gworley’s reply, though I’m not at all opposed to making the distinction more clear.
You are altruistic and smart.
You want more altruistic and smart people.
Therefore, you should propagate your genes.
The post itself very emphatically states that this is NOT the chain of reasoning that I find compelling. In particular, its point would stand even if children of smart people were somehow exactly as smart as the population average.
As for your main point, see gworley’s reply, though I’m not at all opposed to making the distinction more clear.
The post itself very emphatically states that this is NOT the chain of reasoning that I find compelling. In particular, its point would stand even if children of smart people were somehow exactly as smart as the population average.