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eucyclostoday at 4:32 AM1 replyview on HN

Fascinating. I'm reminded of the 'conservation of ninjutsu' trope. We've known for a while that birth rates fall as education rates increase, but this almost suggests there's a 'conservation of iq' principle at a population level- you can have growing population or iq, but not both!


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ceramatitoday at 6:25 AM

Sounds like it depends how the population is growing.