Re:Don't worry about global population collapse
by krona on Saturday September 30, 2023 @07:08PM
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The genetics (and heritability more generally) of religiosity are fairly well understood.
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Re:Don't worry about global population collapse
by jfengel on Saturday September 30, 2023 @07:17PM
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Fairly, but Western countries started as very religious and are losing that at varying rates. Heritability is real but far from absolute.
All other things being equal I'd expect it to reach an equilibrium. I don't think all other things are equal in this case, and nonbelief becomes more attractive over time (for better or worse).
Re:Don't worry about global population collapse
by ascar on Saturday September 30, 2023 @07:27PM
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Are they? Would you elaborate on it or link some reading material? I've never heard of religion being heritary and your claim is pretty strong to just throw out there without any additional information.
Re:Don't worry about global population collapse
by skissane on Sunday October 01, 2023 @03:38AM
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One 2005 twin study [0] found religiosity was approximately 40% genetic.
[1] argues that pro-religion alleles are likely to become more common over time, since in the contemporary world religious people tend to have more children than the non-religious on average
It seems unlikely there is any single "God gene". Rather, certain personality traits (such as agreeableness) increase the likelihood of a person accepting religion, and genetics contributes to those traits, which in turn indirectly contributes to religiosity