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It's simple Darwinian evolution. The relatively few families that have five children, and assuming that the values of having a large family can be passed to of
by hnfong 2y ago
It's simple Darwinian evolution.
The relatively few families that have five children, and assuming that the values of having a large family can be passed to offspring, they will continue to have large families.
In a couple generations these people will become the majority of the population and the birth rate goes back up again.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 2y agoDarwinian evolution won't save our species. Even families that have many children can't escape this, because their children freely mingle with the element that causes childlessness. The Duggars famously have more than 20 children, but will not come close to having 400 children. Not even one of their children will match their own fecundity. If somehow I were wrong on this, it still wouldn't fix the problem. Technological civilization can't be put on pause for 150 years while they manage to get population back up to a level where it can carry that burden. How many of those children six generations in are likely to make it out of childhood without modern medicine?