Re:Why are our brains shrinking?
by vlovich123 on Saturday October 30, 2021 @10:33AM
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> It is. Every couple must have a certain amount of children in order to simply maintain a stable population.
On average. That doesn't mean that every single couple needs to reproduce. In fact, historically, that's certainly not been the case because some couples are just incapable while others reproduce far more than the average.
I'm not. I was replying to the following question:
> What if there's a level of intelligence above which humans decide not to reproduce?
It seems obvious to me that a species that drives itself to extinction cannot be considered intelligent. Doubly so if it does that due to lack of reproduction.
> it’s not critical to the species for everyone to reproduce
It is. Every couple must have a certain amount of children in order to simply maintain a stable population.