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Comment author: jsteinhardt 02 August 2011 07:20:47PM 2 points [-]

They will still come from a very poorly educated area of the world. I think the effect is overall a little unclear (it might stabilize that area of the world somewhat, which would have positive spillover for everyone else; or the population increase will spark additional conflict that has negative spillover).