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It seems that intellect is actually being selected against today, i.e. smart people have less children and (importantly) have them later in life: https://www.p
by nsajko 5y ago
It seems that intellect is actually being selected against today, i.e. smart people have less children and (importantly) have them later in life:
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1600398113 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1600398113
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1612113114 https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1612113114
- bloak 5y agoYes. The topic is somewhat taboo, but The Economist wasn't scared of mentioning it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17303693 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17303693 (I don't think it's something we should worry about, though: humanity has far more pressing and serious problems to deal with.)