Re:"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)
by pfdietz on Friday November 13, 2026 @11:54AM
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Can you explain the logic behind that question, because I can't see any.
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Re:"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)
by peanut-walrus on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:12PM
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What my original comment said was that we have a global fertility crisis, not due to social changes (although these also play a role), but because biologically a lot of people simply can not have children any more (or it's a lot more difficult than it used to be).
Responding that women's emancipation is the cause for very real global health issues was the non-sequitur here.
Re:"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)
by lotsofpulp on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:31PM
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Your claim that total fertility rate being sub replacement rate mostly due to biological inability to have children is not seen in any data I have seen.
All the trends correspond directly to women’s emancipation (although men also probably want fewer children).
Re:"Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026 (1960)
by peanut-walrus on Friday November 13, 2026 @12:57PM
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I am well aware that this is not a mainstream view (yet), but the rate of decline in fertility in the past 20 years is not something that can be explained through social changes alone. Even in Afghanistan fertility has taken a nosedive and the social situation for women there has definitely not improved.