Comments on: How to add 1 billion points to the global I.Q. cheaply and easily http://technoccult.net/archives/2009/01/06/how-1-billion-points-to-the-global-iq-cheaply-and-easily/ A General Interest Blog for Weirdos Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:06:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Edward E. Wilson http://technoccult.net/archives/2009/01/06/how-1-billion-points-to-the-global-iq-cheaply-and-easily/comment-page-1/#comment-252425 Edward E. Wilson Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:33:24 +0000 http://www.technoccult.com/?p=4594#comment-252425 If its more difficult then its not going to be cheaper. If its more difficult then its not going to be cheaper.

]]> By: Trevor Blake http://technoccult.net/archives/2009/01/06/how-1-billion-points-to-the-global-iq-cheaply-and-easily/comment-page-1/#comment-251379 Trevor Blake Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:56:27 +0000 http://www.technoccult.com/?p=4594#comment-251379 NYT: "One of the obstacles is the rumor that iodized salt is actually a contraceptive, a dastardly plot by outsiders to keep Muslims from having babies." The Muslim world keeps iodine deficiency in currency, just like they keep <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=islam+polio" rel="nofollow">polio</a> in currency. I think one way to add billions to the global IQ would be the secularization or withering away of Islam. It'd even be cheaper than distributing iodine. But it's much more difficult. That is a sad fact. NYT: “One of the obstacles is the rumor that iodized salt is actually a contraceptive, a dastardly plot by outsiders to keep Muslims from having babies.”

The Muslim world keeps iodine deficiency in currency, just like they keep polio in currency.

I think one way to add billions to the global IQ would be the secularization or withering away of Islam. It’d even be cheaper than distributing iodine. But it’s much more difficult. That is a sad fact.

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