Comments on: Families, Sex Equality, the Sexual Revolution

By: Adam G.

Adam G. — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:35:27 +0000

MC,
from all of us here at the JG, we wish that your stay under your desk may be profitable and progenitive.

By: MC

MC — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:15:15 +0000

“MC’s solution is not practicable in the present climate, however.”

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:38:03 +0000

MC: thanks for the clarification.

By: Vader

Vader — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:30:53 +0000

I think you nailed it, Adam. MC’s solution is not practicable in the present climate, however.

By: MC

MC — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:08:08 +0000

“That is, the income boost to fertility is probably specific to men, and the education detriment is probably specific to women.”

Sounds about right. And that would suggest, would it not, that the best course for BYU is to admit relatively fewer women into the MBA and law programs? [hides under desk]

By: Adam G.

Adam G. — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:55:14 +0000

MC,
at the link the comments are pretty good. One suggests that the education/income effects probably vary by sex. That is, the income boost to fertility is probably specific to men, and the education detriment is probably specific to women. Would be interesting to know.

By: MC

MC — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:31:23 +0000

“Though those with higher IQ’s may gravitate or self-select towards higher education, higher education does not increase IQ.”

My point was not that education causes higher IQ (which supposedly does not change over time). My point was that high IQ people tend to get more education, but they also tend to earn more, and those factors appear to cancel each other out when it comes to having big families.

Not on a personal level, mind you, but on a population level. For every lifetime student who never gets married because they borrowed $300,000 for their Ph.d*, there’s a doctor who felt free to have four or more kids because of his income.

*although it might just be all those classes in feminist/queer theory that discouraged a traditional life path.

By: Vader

Vader — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:05:04 +0000

I’m fairly confident that a skillful educator can raise the I.Q. of a dull but determined student The brain responds to exercise like any other organ.

Since our educators are rarely skilled nad our dull students rarely determined, it’s admittedly kind of a moot point.

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:05:46 +0000

IQ does not correlate with education. Education can bring knowledge, not intelligence.

(Though those with higher IQ’s may gravitate or self-select towards higher education, higher education does not increase IQ. Oftentimes you just end up with educated idiots. )

By: MC

MC — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:04:04 +0000

Fascinating that IQ has no effect. Must be income countervailing education.