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inverse proportion of education vs. reproductive success
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i think the initial side to things that got me on this concept was a mention of something like :
‘since education is so widespread and more people are getting bachelors & masters than previous [quantity wise], shouldn’t the population as a whole be getting smarter // the less intelligent parts of society should be cancelling themselves out?’
but no, because of a lot of the things you mentioned above, and also the fact that .. say you’re going to med school. good chance you’re not popping out 3 kids while in med school.. you’re waiting til after that. which starting later = less overall offspring, where as others your age started having kids 10 or so years earlier, and so their kids will be having kids sooner as well… something on that.
Ah. So your focus is more of the ‘success’ aspect. Totally. Shortly after we reach puberty, our bodies are at their peak reproductive levels. Late teens through twenties are when, I would imagine, we are at our most fertile. And of course, the lack of sex education, no wonders we have such a high teen pregnancy rate. There is totally a correlation between lack of education in that sense, but also with what you were talking about with med students. Of course they don’t have the time to have children. Or the money. And are smart enough to know that having a child, wouldn’t further their chances of succeeding in accomplishing their goals. And how long does it take for some in the medical field (or any college graduate now-a-days), who has thousands of dollars worth of debt, to become financial capable of raising a child to the standards that they have set? Not until they are probably well into their thirties. So that means, 1. less offspring and 2. less chances of successful/healthy offspring, due to the mother being past her reproductive prime (tick… tick… tick…).