Show scientist says say race Is breeding dullness london our observations suggest the gloomy possibility that dullness is ig being bred rather than intellect ct dr shepherd daw son OB in a paper on intelligence and nd read before a gathering ot of scientists from froia au all over ever the world superior intellects sometimes spring pran from apparently mediocre stock ho he said bald but wo we still require aiato iato n 0 of t te t hi latent to ta beey Ws pass ji on n iiren U in ce to their children the common belief Is that mental capacity Is inherited like other characteristics allowing for our ignorance regarding the numbers of childless marriages and of those who do riot not marry observations have shown that the duller elements of society have more children than the more gifted and that they probably leave more survivors possibly some of the schemes put into operation to promote the welfare and happiness of the state dr shepherd dawson added may be doing something to multiply and preserve the dull and accentuate social problems |