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I don’t think it’s too hard to figure out. Natural selection disfavors a strategy that requires significant investment in non-reproductive activity (education,
by dabbledash 8y ago
I don’t think it’s too hard to figure out. Natural selection disfavors a strategy that requires significant investment in non-reproductive activity (education, career ladder-climbing) during prime reproductive years.
- greglindahl 8y agoNatural selection works on genes, not individuals. How do my career choices affect my brother's and sister's children?
- danieltillett 8y agoThe selection part works on individuals, what changes from selection is the frequency of alleles in the population. By not having children the alleles you carry will become rarer in the population of the next generation (all things being equal).
- tcbawo 8y agoAlso, having children later in life reduces the role that grandparents play in a childs life, reducing an important safety net.
- DoreenMichele 8y agoOr removing/reducing neurotic (or even abusive) family nonsense, depending on the family in question.
- danieltillett 8y agoNot having children removes the grandparents. Hard to be a grandparent unless you have children.