Ah yes, the Idiocracy[1] effect. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy | Hacker News

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		redler on Aug 14, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Yield Curves Invert in U.S., U.K Ah yes, the Idiocracy[1] effect. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy

asdf21 on Aug 14, 2019 [–]

is being a genetic dead end really all that smart though?

AlexCoventry on Aug 15, 2019 | [–]

Species evolve into local optima all the time. Clonal reproduction is a common evolutionary dead end.

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