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Re:The Global Fertility Crash by api on Thursday October 31, 2019 @03:42PM (#21412825)
No. This implies that desire for children or religiosity implies stupidity. I don't see much evidence for this outside pop-atheist iamverysmart cliches.

People with lower intelligence may be just as likely to adopt a short term hedonic lifestyle and use contraception more. Totally depends on cultural trends.

What we are selecting for is any heritable trait that might durably make people more likely to intentionally reproduce. That could be a lot of things: a stronger biological clock, later menopause for women, changes in cognitive patterns to the degree that they are heritable, maybe even longevity or longer healthspan. Its complex and hard to predict.

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Re:The Global Fertility Crash by VladimirIvanov on Thursday October 31, 2019 @06:03PM (#21414218)
There are studies that show are an inverse correlation between female fertility and IQ.
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Re:The Global Fertility Crash by yocheckitdawg on Thursday October 31, 2019 @07:07PM (#21414705)
More specifically, it is female fertility and educational achievement. Not quite the same thing, although I don't dispute the overall point.
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Re:The Global Fertility Crash by UnFleshedOne on Thursday October 31, 2019 @08:06PM (#21415083)
Makes sense actually, it is harder to get degrees when you are busy with children. So higher fertility -- better chance to have kids, more kids -- fewer diplomas. Doesn't necessarily involve latent ability to get diplomas.
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