You're completely ignoring the fact that your avarage educated
contributor to society and science came from a small, middle or upper
class family.
Actually I didin't. I did mention most of the world population is comprised of families that are not in the double digits of offspring, and I did mention there are poor people who've gotten themselves out of the gutter.
In most families where there are lots of kids most of
those kids don't achieve anything greater then maybe a lower management
position at walmart or some other such job. And those are the successful
ones. And yes, intelligent people do exist in africa and asia, but most
of them arent educated enough to do anything about it.
The Education in the US is terrible and most of Asia and parts of Africa offers better education than the US.
You know Zodiac, there is something called passports and
airplanes. People get around and end up living in other parts of the
world. Some of which came from accross the globe.
This is true, but in parts of the world like africa or much of asia it is near
impossible to get a passport or an exit visa and even harder to get the
money needed to leave your country. Throughout history most of science
has been furthered by numerous INDIVIDUALS. Not the collective.
As you say, numerous individuals and not collective. I never suggested everyone delivers the best of what we have. I even said there is good and bad in all of this, and even the so called bad apples can be made useful.
What is needed is a efficient system of education and a stable government and
these individuals can flourish. Too many people has been shown to bog
down the efficiency of any education system, thus making it less likely
that these individuals are proporly taught. And while a higher
population would make it statistically more likely that these
individuals would be born it would also make it less likely that they
end up in the enviroments they need to become something special rather
then just wasted potential.
I agree. And it will make it more likely that these individuals will surface, and they do, and the quality that is being produced is greater than if it were coming from smaller numbers.
Everyone has to take care of themselves and do what is required to ensure their success. Some of them make it, some do not. We can view a list of rich and famous people in the world who came from poor families. By example, they are but a small fraction of those who've become successful from rising without relying on it being handed to them. It happens.
And about China's population control. They have the 1 child policy because too many people are difficult to control. On the most part, the Chinese have homes and eat everyday, with food to spare and more on the way. It's conjected as hell in some parts, but as far as population goes, to call it overpopulation is all a matter of prefrence.