A little related news

Disease and intelligence: Mens sana in corpore sano: "

Parasites and pathogens may explain why people in some parts of the world are cleverer than those in others

HUMAN intelligence is puzzling. It is higher, on average, in some places than in others. And it seems to have been rising in recent decades. Why these two things should be true is controversial. This week, though, a group of researchers at the University of New Mexico propose the same explanation for both: the effect of infectious disease.

Media Comments

Perhaps this might be my home for media commentary. Focusing mostly on the Idiot Box of course.

I suppose related fandoms might come into it too.

Watching HIMYM: Girls vs Suits

I want to see NPH and James Marsters together in something.

Maybe slash? ;)

Misc Intelligent Decline Links

Gene Expression

Some Digg Story

Another Digg Story

Google Results

Intelligent Decline

I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with this. But the phrase caught my ear and imagination with its concise summary of a possibly post evolutionary effect of civilization. IE civilization leads to a decline in the quality of the genetic pool in so far as selective pressures are removed, mitigated, cured, treated, or otherwise have their impact reduced. Thus the rise of intelligence/civilization eventually leads (inevitably?) to it's own decline.