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eudamoniac
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India's surprise baby bust
The desire to procreate above replacement levels is probably heritable, so it will all work itself out naturally.
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John7878781
3 days ago
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Given that intelligence is ~60% genetic, if well-educated people are having kids less, then are we going to start getting dumber?
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FuriouslyAdrift
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy
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eudamoniac
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Yes, definitely. Or at least there will be negative evolutionary pressure on intelligence; it might still go up from other pressures.
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seinvak
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Education doesn't imply intelligence. 90% of humanity that has ever lived has probably never read a word.
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manquer
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Literacy is not education either ?.
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