CTRL-F "Idiocracy" But seriously, can it really be said that this is related to natural selection rather than some other pressure? I guess it kind of depends o

CTRL-F "Idiocracy" But seriously, can it really be said that this is related to natural selection rather than some other pressure? I guess it kind of depends on the definition, as one could argue that any result within a given environment is causal to that given environment. However, while I do anecdotally see that more highly educated people have less children (and also the opposite, which the author writes of), I still think that people generally try to select for the smartest and most capable people within their social sphere. In other words, I think people are still selecti mates which are smarter, but due to socioeconomic factors unrelated to breeding, the less educated end up having more children.