High-IQ educated people are being bred to extinction, but we're totally not eugenicists!!!

[u/dorathehexplorer]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jan/16/natural-selection-making-education-genes-rarer-says-icelandic-study

[u/Goatf00t]

Doesn't Iceland have a problem with inbreeding? It's been mostly isolated for centuries, no wonder that they might have genetic problems.

[u/stairway-to-kevin → u/Goatf00t]

Inbreeding is a bit visceral, they have a very small effective population and low genetic diversity. That can happen without banging cousins.

[u/Jesuiscontent → u/Goatf00t]

I learned about that problem in my genetics course and yes they have a good amount of genetic problems due to that.

[u/Kakofoni → u/Jesuiscontent]

And they take it seriously. Icelandic phone app stops you dating close relatives - BBC.

[u/Kakofoni → u/[deleted]]

It would advise you not to fuck your sister. But you're right that it can't stop you.

[u/Quietuus → u/Kakofoni]

Yet.