tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post2016216408420641118..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Do prisoners have fewer kids?Ron Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-39372331924979600652011-02-15T19:08:46.537-08:002011-02-15T19:08:46.537-08:00Given that prisoners have lower IQs than the gener...Given that prisoners have lower IQs than the general population that they are equivalent is suggestive of a Eugenic effect. If you matched the prisoners with people on the outside with the same IQ I bet the prisoners would have fewer children.Statsquatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17817921893921527627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-20493349509935869482011-02-13T16:32:10.315-08:002011-02-13T16:32:10.315-08:00"Obviously you're not going to have as ma..."Obviously you're not going to have as many kids if you spend a significant chunk of your fertile years locked up in a cage."<br /><br />True, but the average stay in prison is only 2.5 years.Ron Guhnamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-46542982188159361952011-02-12T08:33:40.357-08:002011-02-12T08:33:40.357-08:00Obviously you're not going to have as many kid...Obviously you're not going to have as many kids if you spend a significant chunk of your fertile years locked up in a cage. If convicts weren't in prison, you would see the usual pattern - people who shouldn't breed having the most kids.coldequationhttp://thecoldequations.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com