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Re:What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans by mathattack on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:30AM (#13771685)
As societies get richer, they have less kids. And each child has more capital. This isn't a bad outcome.
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Re:What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans by im3w1l on Thursday March 02, 2017 @12:42AM (#13771747)
That has been the trend so far. But I would be cautious about extrapolating too aggressively from that. A situation with rich people that aren't breeding is not evolutionarily stable.
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Re:What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans by jacobush on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:34AM (#13772290)
What does that even mean?
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Re:What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans by sjy on Thursday March 02, 2017 @03:47AM (#13772649)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionarily_stable_strategy
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Re:What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans by im3w1l on Thursday March 02, 2017 @08:43PM (#13780110)
Super interesting!

Though it wasn't exactly what I meant. I just meant some people will be more and some will be less inclined to children. And that in society where people choose not to have children there will be a strong evolutionary force favoring those with a stronger drive for children.

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Re:What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans by jacobush on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:33PM (#13777403)
TIL
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